Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 1957

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Brown-streaked Flycatcher, Muscicapa williamsoni, is a bird of the family Muscicapidae that breeds in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, northern peninsular Malaysia and north-east Borneo. Described by Deignan in 1957, it is placed in the order Passeriformes. In the breeding season it shows rufescent plumage, then changes to a drabber appearance. Its scientific name honours the collector Sir Walter James Franklin Williamson.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Breeding range
Oriental Region: s Myanmar, s Thailand, n Malay Pen. and ne Borneo
Brown-streaked Flycatcher
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