Asian Brown Flycatcher

Plain brown flycatcher with a large-eyed appearance. Note bright white eyering and unmarked throat and underparts. Appears shorter- and plainer-winged than other similar brownish flycatchers. Favors broadleaf forests; also found in more open habitats on migration and wintering grounds. Sallies from exposed perches; cocks tail and flicks wings when perched. Song comprises high buzzy trilling and whistles. Calls include dry rattling and chittering.

Very common winter migrant to gardens, plantations and open wooded areas from lowlands to mid hills. It is frequent in shaded locations with trees.

Feeding. Foraging singly or in pairs, the Asian Brown Flycatcher is chiefly an insectivorous bird, catching insects in flight most of the time and sometimes picking up caterpillars. To catch insects in flight, it starts out by sitting on a perch, usually an exposed tree branch, remaining motionless and erect.