Birds of Singapore
by the Bird Society of Singapore
Ficedula mugimaki
Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Status: Uncommon migrant · Size: 13–13.5 cm · Conservation: Least Concern
Breeds from eastern Siberia and Sakhalin to northeastern China; winters from southern China to Southeast Asia, including Singapore as a passage migrant.
Male resembles Yellow-rumped Flycatcher but the white supercilium is shorter and starts behind the eye, and has bright rufous-orange throat to upper belly with rest of underparts whitish. Female has greyish-brown upperparts with faint narrow whitish-buff wingbar, buffish-orange throat to breast, and faint or absent supercilium. First-winter male resembles female but has greyer head-sides, more pronounced supercilium, brighter throat and breast, and mostly blackish uppertail-coverts.
Forest, parks, gardens and wooded areas.
Usually solitary; forages frequently at the lower level but may also ascend to the middle storey and canopy.