Brown-breasted Flycatcher
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Migration Maps

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Brown-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) provides one of the best examples of passage migration (aside from the true passage migrants) within the Indian Subcontinent.

It breeds in East Asia and the northern parts of Southeast Asia and migrates westwards and southwards to winter mainly in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. During both onward and return passage, Brown-breasted Flycatcher can be seen in wooded areas across peninsular India, but is seen in especially good numbers in West Bengal and Bangladesh during spring.

Migration map

This animated migration map was created from observations uploaded to the citizen science platform eBird up until 2020. Where present, the inset graph depicts the seasonal likelihood of finding this species (i.e. the proportion of eBird checklists) within its range in India alone. We are grateful to the many birdwatchers around the world who have enabled the creation of this animation by sharing their observations on eBird.

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