Birds of Singapore
by the Bird Society of Singapore
Ficedula albicilla
Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Status: Vagrant · Size: 13 cm · Conservation: Least Concern
Breeds from western to eastern Russia, northern Mongolia, and northeastern China; winters to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, Indochina, Thailand, and Peninsula Malaysia, where it is rare. A vagrant to Singapore.
Non-breeding male and female resemble Asian Brown Flycatcher but have an all-black bill, distinctive blackish uppertail-coverts and tail, and whitish vent and undertail-coverts contrasting against the rest of the underparts. Breeding male has a rufous-orange throat.
Forest edge, secondary growth, parks and gardens.
Regularly cocks tail and drops from perch to feed on the ground.