Identification Species Accounts: Ferruginous Flycatcher (𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢)

After going through all the observations of Ferruginous Flycatcher (𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢) I will make note of most of the commonly seen identification errors.

Most cases of mistaken identity involve the 𝘊𝘺𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴 genus. I learnt about a new-to-me 𝘊𝘺𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴 in this correction journey, which was the Pale-chinned Flycatcher (𝘊𝘺𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘴). Fortunately, this observation was one of the very very few misidentified 'Ferruginous Flycatchers' sitting at research grade. On the furthest end of the brown-job misidentification spectrum, a female White-tailed Robin (𝘔𝘺𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢) was involved with Ferruginous Flycatcher identifications.

Other birds confused due to their slight similarity was Morrison's Fulvetta (𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢) and a few suggestions of Common Redstart (𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴) which is likely to be poor computer model suggestions, as Daurian Redstart (𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴) would be much more common in areas with Ferruginous Flycatcher. I can only recall one (female) Daurian Redstart which was identified as Ferruginous Flycatcher but one sleeping bird was suspect as it did not have any rufous on belly, but had rufous vents, clearly not Ferruginous Flycatcher.

Posted on July 06, 2024 04:59 PM by hamsambly