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Satin Flycatcher
Myiagra cyanoleuca(Vieillot, 1818)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Genus
- Myiagra
At a glance
The Satin Flycatcher is a small bird, about 17–18 cm long. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 17–18 cm
- Origin
- Breeding Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Satin Flycatcher look like?
The Satin Flycatcher is a small bird, about 17–18 cm long and weighing 12–23 g.
The satin flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Males stand out with their blue-black feathers contrasting their white bellies, and the females with their bright orange throats. It breeds mostly in south-eastern Tasmania and Australia. It is declining throughout the eastern seaboard due to predation from the introduced Red Fox and habitat loss. It is a vagrant to New Zealand.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Satin Flycatcher?
The Satin Flycatcher is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
graeme lunt · Lal Lal VIC 3352, Australia
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Maria Duynisveld · Hobart, AU-TS, AU
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jimchurches · Uriarra NSW 2611, Australia
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Maria Duynisveld · Mount Nelson TAS 7007, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Satin Flycatcher eat?
The Satin Flycatcher feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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