Brown Flycatcher
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Pale eye-ring; thin pale lores.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Asian Brown Flycatcher · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Spotted FlycatcherUncommon · Mature gardens
- Siberian Rubythroat · Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant)
- Black-faced Bunting · Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant)
- Blyth's Pipit · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Blyth's Reed Warbler · Coastal scrub (very rare)
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