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Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 60, February 44, March 69, April 108, May 156, June 170, July 182, August 157, September 115, October 86, November 47, December 37.
United States1,266
Alaska1,232
China369
Thailand185
Russia144
India119
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region102
Beijing Municipality89
Malaysia85
Singapore83

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyOld World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats · Muscicapidae
GenusMuscicapa Flycatchers · Muscicapa

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dark-sided Flycatcher with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.