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Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
(F. p. parva)
| Armenian Name: | Փոքր ճանճորս |
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See Plate 51 for Red-breasted Flycatcher and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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| Abundance: | Uncommon |
| Length: | 11.5 cm, Wing Span:18.5-21 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 293. |
| Description: | Small agile restless flycatcher with small bill, plump body, pale eyering, and white patches at base of tail. |
| Adult: | Uniform brown upperparts. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Breeding: male has red-orange chin and throat patch, and a gray head. Female has a brown head and lacks red on chin and throat. |
| Juvenile: | Pale-spotted and edged above; underparts mottled. |
| Behavior: | Often secretive, staying high in trees; male sings fluty song from exposed perch lower in trees. Both sexes give rattling alarm call. |
| Habitat: | Mature deciduous forests when breeding; widespread in scrub on migration. |
| Food: | Insects. |
| Nest: | Cup of dry grass in tree cavity or nest box. |
| Eggs: | 17 mm, 5-6, white, red-brown spots. |
