Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa latirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusMuscicapa (Muscicapa Flycatchers)
- SpeciesMuscicapa latirostris (Asian Brown Flycatcher)
The Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch. The specific dauurica refers to Dauria, an area of south-eastern Siberia named after a local nomadic tribe. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in Japan, eastern Siberia and the Himalayas. It is migratory and winters in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. The correct specific epithet for this species is disputed. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Asian Brown Flycatcher sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park, based on 23 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Cuc Phuong National Park
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa muttui
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Muscicapa sibirica
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Muscicapa ferruginea
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Rufous-tailed Robin
Larvivora sibilans
Fujian Niltava
Niltava davidi
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucura
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
White-Tailed Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis concretus
Hainan Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis hainanus
Amur Stonechat
Saxicola stejnegeri
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Asian Brown Flycatcher in Cuc Phuong National Park?
About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Asian Brown Flycatcher sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park, based on 23 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Asian Brown Flycatcher in Cuc Phuong National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Asian Brown Flycatcher in Cuc Phuong National Park in our monthly data.