Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

(M. s. neumanni, M. s. striata)

Armenian Name:	Մոխրագույն ճանճորս

See Plate 51 for Spotted Flycatcher and other similar species

Resident Status:	Breeding bird
Abundance:	Uncommon
Length:	14.5 cm, Wing Span:23-25.5 cm
Distribution Map:	Map 289.
Adult:	Gray-brown above, off-white below, and dark streaks on forehead and breast.
Juvenile:	Pale-spotted upper body and pale edges to upperwing feathers.
Behavior:	Sits very upright on a prominent perch at the edge of a tree or on fence, and makes short agile flights out to catch insects; a clearly audible click is often heard when the bird snaps at prey.
Habitat:	Forest edge, orchards, parks, scrubby mountain steppe meadows.
Food:	Insects.
Nest:	Cup of thin stems hidden in vines, in fork of tree, or hole in tree or wall.
Eggs:	19 mm, 4-6, pale blue, red-brown blotches.