Dark‑sided Flycatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Kittacincla malabarica
Family : Copsychus saularis
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Dark-sided Flycatcher is a dark brown passerine (length 13 cm, weight 10 g, wing 7.3 cm, bill 1.2 cm, tarsus 1 cm, tail 4.8 cm). It has grey-brown back and long primary projection. Its throat is prominently white, sides of the neck are white and throat patch has ashygrey outlines, and narrow white line down the centre of belly. Its bill is broad based, dumpy and black with yellow or orange at the base of the lower mandible. It has large, dark brown irises and pale eye-ring. Its lore is pale and sometimes brownish. It has black legs, feet, claws and grey sole. The male and the female look alike. It feeds mainly on flying insects. It breeds in May-July
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus albocinctus
(Dusky Thrush) -
Turdus obscurus
(Tibetan Blackbird) -
Tarsiger rufilatus
(White-browed Bush-robin) -
Monticola cinclorhyncha
(Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush) -
Eumyias thalassinus
(Pale Blue-flycatcher) -
Luscinia svecica
(Firethroat) -
Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Ficedula superciliaris
(Little Pied Flycatcher) -
Cyornis magnirostris
(Hill Blue-flycatcher) -
Ficedula albicilla
(Blue‑fronted Redstart)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.