The Mugimaki flycatcher is a small East Asian songbird; its name comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower." It breeds in eastern Siberia and northeast China and winters in Southeast Asia, so it is not normally found in the US—the only North American record is a single stray on Shemya Island in Alaska's in 1985.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About 5 in (13 cm) long. The male is blackish above with a short white stripe behind the eye, a white wing patch, and white at the base of the outer tail; the throat and breast are orange-red and the belly is white. The female is gray-brown above with a pale orange breast, one or two pale wing bars, and no white in the tail.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- Forests
- Woodlands
- Parks and gardens
- Range
- Breeds in eastern Siberia and northeast China, migrates through eastern China, Korea, and Japan, and winters in Southeast Asia south to western Indonesia and the Philippines.
- Preferred conditions
- Prefers forest and woodland, especially at higher elevations; on migration it also stops in parks and gardens.
Behavior
- Diet
- Catches flying insects in the treetops.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- LCLeast ConcernLow risk of extinction
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