Paperbark Flycatcher
Myiagra nana· 王鹟科(3 photos)
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Paperbark Flycatcher
17-19 cm;span c. 27 cm. A smaller, glossier version of Restless Flycatcher. Uniform, glossy blue-black upperparts, forehead, lores and crown, lacking contrast with greyer back as in Restless, particularly in males; longer and stouter bristles at base of bill - marginally shorter than bill length (less than half bill length in Restless). Immature: duller upperparts, rich buff on throat and breast. Active; vocal; hawks insects from perch.
- Other name
- Restless Flycatcher.
- Voice
- clear, ringing, repeated bisyllabic 'tuiii' or 'toowhee'. Less commonly and less enthusiastically gives the metallic 'scissors grinder' call of Restless Flycatcher.
- Habitat
- mostly riverine and swamp communities; melaleuca forest, vine thickets, mangrove edges; in wet season expands into adjacent eucalypt woodlands.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb.
- Nest
- small, neat cup of paperbark and spiders' web, often overhanging water.
- Eggs
- 2-3; white or buffy white, dotted and splotched with dark brown and grey forming darker zone at large end.
- Range & Status
- all of Kimberley region from Broome across top third of NT; nw. Q and w. Cape York. S. to Fitzroy-Christmas Ck. drainage (WA), Victoria R. drainage and Barkly Tableland (NT); Gulf drainage and Selwyn Ra., nw. Q. Also islands of n. Torres Strait, s. New Guinea.
