Description:

Small to medium-sized, slim grey-and-white flycatcher with long wings, large dark eye, and small, broad-based bill. Has darker sooty-brown upperparts, and breast and flanks more heavily marked, with white crescent on neck sides and narrow white line down centre of belly.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to central Gilgit-Baltistan, mainly to Gilgit, Astore and Diamer districts. Breeds in montane and sub montane evergreen forests and woods, coniferous and mixed secondary forests, at 2000-3350m, descending lower in winter.

Behavior:

Forages in forest glades and clearings, including along roads and paths. Often most active in late afternoon and at dusk. Sits alert and upright on high, open or prominent perch; pursues insects in flight, frequently returning to same perch. Food mostly small invertebrates, including dipteran flies, particularly hoverflies, midges, small hymenopterans and small beetles.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Dark-sided Flycatcher in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Dark-sided Flycatcher

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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