FLYCATCHER 6a/25 - Narcissus Flycatcher

 

Narcissus Flycatcher males are very distinctive in full breeding plumage, having a black crown and mantle, a bright orange throat with paler chest and underparts, an orange-yellow eyebrow, black wings with a white wing patch, an orange-yellow rump, and a black tail. Non-breeding males have varying levels of yellow. Females are completely dissimilar, with generally buff-brown coloration, with rusty-colored wings, and a two-toned eyering.

This species primarily feeds on insects, and lives in deciduous woodlands. Breeding males sing in repeated melodious whistles.There are several subspecies, largely determined by plumage and range variations, at least of which has been split off as separate species like the Green-backed flycatcher which minus the yellow brow. The latter is more commonly seen in Malaysia. Many will argue that the pure breed have yet to to be seen in Malaysian soil but this is the closest yet..................