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Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
| Armenian Name: | Սպիտակավիզ ճանճորս |
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See Plate 51 for Collared Flycatcher and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Casual |
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| Length: | 13 cm, Wing Span:22.5-24.5 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 291. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Male is black with a broad white collar, forehead, wing patch, and large white spot at the base of the primaries; obvious white or gray rump patch. Underparts white. Female is gray-brown above with a pale gray rump, variable small white wing patch, large white spot at base of primaries; off-white below. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Both sexes similar to breeding female, but male has black wings and large white patch at base of primaries. |
| Similar Species: | In breeding plumage, differs from European Pied Flycatcher and Semi-collared Flycatcher by white collar, distinctly contrasting pale rump, and large white spot at base of primaries. Non-breeders often indistinguishable from non-breeding European Pied Flycatcher and Semi-collared Flycatcher. |
| Behavior: | Often keeps low in trees and bushes, making short flights or drops briefly to ground to catch insects. |
| Habitat: | Deciduous forest, orchards, scrub. |
| Food: | Insects. |
