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Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
Ficedula strophiata (Hodgson, 1837)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher, Ficedula strophiata, is a bird of the Himalayas, northern and central China, and southern Vietnam, with a breeding range that also includes the wider Oriental Region. It belongs to the Muscicapidae family. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and is also recorded from the Patkai ranges, northern Indochina, eastern Vietnam, and northern Kachin State in Myanmar. It is noted for its rufous throat patch. It also makes altitudinal movements, and winters in Thailand, northern Laos, and Vietnam.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Himalayas to n, c China and s Vietnam
