Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis· 王鹟科(2 photos)
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Broad-billed Flycatcher
14-16 cm. Male: bill large/broad, outer edges distinctly bowed outwards, more so than Leaden Flycatcher; head large, somewhat angular; neck slender. Upperparts deep glossy blue-grey, somewhat darker than female Leaden; upperbreast uniform rich buff, deeper/brighter than female Leaden; underparts whitish. Female: less glossy above, paler below; lores and eye-ring whitish; underparts whitish, lightly washed buff. Immature: like female; wing feathers margined buffish. Singles, pairs: larger than small nw. race concinna of Leaden Flycatcher. Quiet; seeks insects in heads of mangroves, leafy trees; quivers tail less than Leaden/Satin Flycatchers.
- Habitat
- mangroves, monsoon forest, paperbarks, riverside vegetation, coastal woodlands.
- Voice
- clear, far-carrying calls; soft churring.
- Breeding
- Oct.-Feb.
- Nest
- shallow cup of bark strips, plant fibre, spiders' web; decorated with lichen; in dead or living mangrove 1-3 m above high tide, or over stream.
- Eggs
- 2-3; round-oval, glossy; whitish; spotted, blotched dark brown, grey in mid-zone; large end bald.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. Aust. and islands: from Roebuck Bay, Kimberley region (WA), to Mossman (Q); historical record Keppel Bay region (Q). Common. Also s. PNG and Timor.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Myiagra ruficollis mimikae
