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Ryukyu Flycatcher
Ficedula owstoni (Bangs, 1901)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Ryukyu Flycatcher, Ficedula owstoni, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family and breeds in the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan. It occurs from Tanegashima in the Osumi Islands south to Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands. The species was described by Bangs in 1901. It has three subspecies, with F. o. jakuschima in the northern Ryukyus, F. o. shonis in the central islands, and F. o. owstoni in the southern Ryukyus. The male is the more colourful sex, with yellow-orange and bluish-black plumage.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: Ryukyu Is. (s Japan)
