Flycatcher and others (22-13)

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.
  • Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
  • Siberian flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica
Dark sided Flycatcher - Margalla Hills

  • Rusty-tailed flycatcher, Ficedula ruficauda
  • Red-breasted flycatcher, Ficedula parva
Red breasted flycatcher -- Margala Hill
Red breasted flycatcher -- Margala Hill

Red breasted flycatcher -- Margala Hill (Oct 17)

  • Taiga flycatcher (Red Throated flycather), Ficedula albicilla (A)
  • Red Throated flycather
Red-Throated Flycatcher --- Margalla Hills (March 2018)

  • Kashmir flycatcher, Ficedula subrubra
  • Ultramarine flycatcher, Ficedula superciliaris
Ultramarine flycatcher (Female)

  • Slaty-blue flycatcher, Ficedula tricolor
Slaty Blue Flycatcher --- Margalla 

  • Verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassina
  • Grey-headed canary flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Pakistan.
  • Indian paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi
Indian paradise flycatcher (Male) - Kallar Kahar
Indian paradise flycatcher (Male) - Kallar Kahar
Indian paradise flycatcher - Margalla Hills

Indian paradise flycatcher (Female) - Margalla Hills



  • Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
Bluethroat (Female) - Rawal Lake
Bluethroat (Male) - Rawal Lake
  • White-Tailed Rubythroat, Luscinia pectoralis
White-Tailed Rubythroat - Margalla Hills

  • Himalayan bluetail, Tarsiger rufilatus
Orange Flanked Bush Robin - Margalla Hills
    Orange Flanked Bush Robin - Margalla Hills

Orange Flanked Bush Robin (Female) - Margalla Hills


  • White-rumped shama, Copsychus malabaricus
  • Little forktail, Enicurus scouleri
  • Spotted forktail, Enicurus maculatus
  • Rufous-bellied niltava, Niltava sundara
Rufous-bellied niltava - Margalla
    • Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos (A)
    • Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus
      Siberian stonechat (Male) - D-12, Islamabad
    Siberian stonechat (Female) - Hunza
    Siberian stone-chat (female)

    • White-tailed stonechat, Saxicola leucurus
    White-tailed stonechat - Rawal Lake (Aug)

    • Brown rock chat, Cercomela fusca
    Brown rock chat - H-9, Islamabad

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