Listen to the Black-and-orange flycatcher
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About the Black-and-orange flycatcher
The Black-and-orange flycatcher is a bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Black-and-orange flycatcher sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as bnoflycatchercall. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-and-orange flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa) or black-and-rufous flycatcher is a species of flycatcher endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats, the Nilgiris and Palni hill ranges in southern India. It is unique among the Ficedula flycatchers in having rufous coloration on its back and prior to molecular studies was suggested to be related to the chats and thrushes.
Related birds in the genus Ficedula
More from the family Muscicapidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-and-orange flycatcher sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Black-and-orange flycatcher on this page, including its bnoflycatchercall. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Black-and-orange flycatcher endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-and-orange flycatcher as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-and-orange flycatcher belong to?
The Black-and-orange flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- BnOFlycatcherCall by L. Shyamal – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2225380 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-and-orange flycatcher – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Antony Grossy – CC BY-SA 4.0