Muscicapa griseisticta
The Grey-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) is a subtly elegant passerine, measuring approximately 12.5-15 cm (5-6 inches) in length with a wingspan of about 23-26 cm and weighing 10-16 grams. Its plumage is characterized by muted grey-brown upperparts, contrasting with whitish underparts heavily streaked with dark grey on the breast and flanks, providing its distinctive name. Key field marks include a prominent pale eye-ring, a relatively long primary projection often extending pas...
This species primarily inhabits temperate and boreal forests during breeding, preferring open woodlands, forest edges, and clearings. During migration and winter, it can be found in a broader range of forested habitats, including mangroves, plantations, and parks, from lowlands up to montane regi...
The Grey-streaked Flycatcher is primarily insectivorous, feeding on a wide variety of flying insects including flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, and wasps, captured mainly through aerial hawking.
The Grey-streaked Flycatcher is a diurnal and generally solitary bird, especially outside the breeding season, often observed perching upright on exposed branches. Its foraging strategy is typical for a flycatcher: it employs aerial hawking, sallying out from a perch to catch insects in mid-air, ...
The Grey-streaked Flycatcher has an extensive migratory range across East and Southeast Asia. Its breeding grounds stretch across Northeast Asia, including Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, parts of Siberia (primarily Amurland and Ussuriland in the Russian Far East), northeastern China, North K...
Least Concern
- The Grey-streaked Flycatcher undertakes one of the longest migrations of any flycatcher in Asia, traveling from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia. - It is the only species within the Muscicapa genus that exhibits prominent streaking on its underparts, making it distinct from its relatives. - Des...