Flycatcher

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Flycatchers/Leaf Birds

A1 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022

Manfrotto Series 190

Berlebach Report 8013

GHFG1.  14 Dec 2021

WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024

Dark-sided Flycatcher

A dark, boldly streaked flycatcher. Upperparts sooty grey, much darker than Asian Brown Flycatcher. Underparts dirty white with bold diffused dark streaking, especially on breast and flanks. White malars and half-collar bolder and more prominent than Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A7R4 APS-C mode, Dairy Farm Nature Park, 9 Feb 2022

f7.1 1/500. @600mm, ISO 2000, 190XPROB/GHFG1

Green-backed Flycatcher

A yellowish flycatcher with diagnostic olive-green back. Male yellow-browed, largely olive-greenish on the upperparts, with a white wing patch. Underparts and rump rich yellow. Female similar to yellow-rumped Flycatcher, but yellower on underparts, usually showing two thin pale wing bars, also lacks yellow rump and has a more prominant eye-ring. 

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Male, A7R4 APS-C mode, Dairy Farm Nature Park, 9 Feb 2022

f6.3 1/250. @600mm, ISO 6400, 190XPROB/GHFG1

Brown-chested Jungle-Flycatcher

Rather long bill with pale yellow lower mandible, faint dark mottling on throat. Orange legs.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A7R4 APS-C mode, Hindhede Nature Park, 22 Oct 2021

f6.3 1/800. @600mm, ISO 20000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Asian Brown Flycatcher

A nondescript brown flycatcher. Plumage mostly greyish brown on the upperparts and dirty white on the underparts, with a variable wash of grey-brown on the breast and flanks. Also pale lore patch and white eye-ring.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Jurong Lake Gardens, 30 Oct 2024

f8 1/500. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Woodlands Waterfront, 1 Feb 2024

f6.3 1/800. SO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Jurong Central Park, 17 Jan 2023

f5.6 1/640. ISO 3200, GM600. TC 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Woodlands Waterfront, 1 Jan 2024

f6.3 1/800. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 Woodlands Waterfront, 3 Nov 2024

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 Woodlands Waterfront, 26 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Similar to Asian Brown Flycatcher. Upperparts and wings brown, but more richly coloured, although this can be difficult to see well. Lower mandible pale yellow. Diffused brown streaks from upper breast run down to flanks. Belly dirty white.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A6400, Botanic Garden, 10 Sept 2021

f6.3 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 4000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Ferruginous Flycatcher

A rich orange-brown flycatcher. Adult bluish-grey on head. Mantle, back and wings rich chestnut. Underparts orangey brown, graduating to white on the belly. White eye-ring, lores, malars and throat. Young birds are boldly streaked chestnut brown on the upper underparts.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Trail, 3 Nov 2023

f5.6 1/125. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Trail, 3 Nov 2023

f5.6 1/125. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Trail, 3 Nov 2023

f5.6 1/125. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Trail, 3 Nov 2023

f5.6 1/165. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Shit!! Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Trail, 3 Nov 2023

f5.6 1/125. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Spotted Flycatcher

A first time seen lost migrant spotted in Singapore Kent Ridge Park. It was here likely due to 'navigation error'. Native to Palearctic region from Western Europe to North Mongolia. The birds breed in the swampy coniferous forest of Russia and Mongolia, west to Europe, south to mountains of Central Asia. The birds typically migrate from northern Asia to Africa via Middle East and Western India. The bird is very similar to Asian Brown Flycatcher, except it has additional streaks on its crown and chest, and a lower beak with more black than orange.

A7R4 APS-C mode, 24 Oct 2021

f8 1/640. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

f8 1/640. @600mm, ISO 1000, 24 Oct 2021

f8 1/640. @600mm, ISO 2500, 24 Oct 2021

A7R4 APS-C mode, 26 Oct 2021

f6.3 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 6400, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

f6.3 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 3200, 26 Oct 2021

Greater Green Leafbird

The largest leafbird. Male entirely green with black face and bib, and a bluish malar band only visible in good light. Separated from similar Lesser Green Leafbird by larger size, stouter bill and absence of yellow rimto bib. Female is mostly green, but shows diagnostic yellow eye-ring, yellow chin and throat.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Male, Dairy Farm Nature Park, 16 Jun 2022

f10 1/800. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Black Paradise Flycatcher

This species* occurs primarily as a passage migrant during the northern winter. In non-breeding plumage, both sexes have a glossy black head with chestnut-brown wings and back. Underparts are usually greyish on the upper breast with a whitish belly. A rare white morph also occurs with a glossy black head and uniformly white plumage. In breeding plumage, males have very long tail streamers.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah 

* Recent geneitc studies have resulted in splitting this species into three:  Amur Paradise Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher, and Indian Paradise Flycatcher.

Eagle Point, 28 Oct 2022

f5.6 1/500. ISO 1600, GM600. TC 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1