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Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
(M. s. neumanni, M. s. striata)
| Armenian Name: | Մոխրագույն ճանճորս |
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See Plate 51 for Spotted Flycatcher and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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| 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. |
