Male © John C. Mittermeier eBird S11666427 Macaulay Library ML 131138641
Female © Gil Ewing
Male © Christoph Moning
Male © André Weiss
Female © Peter Ericsson
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Male © Phillip Edwards

Moluccan Flycatcher Myiagra galeata

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Identification

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Male is a black-and-white songbird with a uniform blackish-blue upperside and gleaming white underparts. Female and juvenile are gray above with a peach wash on throat and breast. Usually found in pairs in lowlands and foothills, inhabiting a variety of habitats with trees, like mangroves, plantations, and forest edge, typically in the understory and subcanopy. Male Moluccan Flycatcher distinguished from female Shining Flycatcher by uniformly dark back. White throat distinguishes male from Black-chinned and Black-tipped Monarchs. Gives a strident, ringing, uniformly-pitched “wit-wit-wit-wit-wit” song as well as rasping, metallic “wheer” calls.

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