Narcissus Flycatcher

Comes to bright forests when the weather warms.

Scientific name	Ficedula narcissina
English name	Narcissus Flycatcher
Japanese name	黄鶲
Class	Aves
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Muscicapidae
Genus	Ficedula
Species	narcissina
Full length	14cm
Distribution	Distributed throughout Japan as a summer bird.

Narcissus Flycatcher Characteristics and Morphology

The silhouette is about the size of a sparrow or slightly smaller than a sparrow.
The beak is short and lead-colored. The iris is black. The tail feathers appear to be horned or very shallowly concave. The legs are lead-colored.

Male

Two-tone black and yellow. It often appears black in the forest.
The top of the head is black, and the brows and throat are bright yellow. The brows extend to the back of the head. The throat is so yellow that it appears orange. The wings are black, with white patches around the shoulders. The belly changes from yellow to white. The tail feathers are slightly brown.

Female

The entire body appears brown to olive.
The eye ring is light brown. The wings are olive-colored with pale white feather edges. The belly becomes whiter toward the bottom. The tail feathers are darker brown than the shoulders.
It looks very similar to the Blue-and-White Flycatcher, but this species appears slightly greener.

Juvenile

The back is mottled with pale brown and dark brown.
The beak is a pale flesh-colored color, not black. The legs are also paler in color than those of the adult. The beak of this species appears to be shorter than that of the Blue-and-White Flycatcher.

Song

They sing a beautiful "picchu picchu" and "churi churi" song. It sometimes imitates the calls of other birds.

Listen to the song

Narcissus Flycatcher Ecology

Habitat

Inhabits bright broadleaf forests from mountainous to flatlands.

Food

Insects, spiders, etc. They also catch insects in the air by flying catch.

Life Cycle

They build nests in hollows in dead trees.

Narcissus Flycatcher Photos

Narcissus Flycatcher Photos are introduced.
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Its distinctive yellow eyebrows and belly are a distinctive feature.

Peering up at the sky through the branches.

Narcissus Flycatcher Information

Naming

The scientific name, "narcissina," means "daffodil," and is derived from the male's vibrant body color. The Japanese name, as the name suggests, refers to the yellow flycatcher.

Narcissus Flycatcher Found Locations

In the forest of Ura Takao Hikagesawa Campground

Found in the forest near Hikagesawa Campground in Takao-cho, Hachioji City.
A dull-colored female arrived first, followed shortly by a male who flew onto a branch. The male was singing noisily.
I also encountered summer birds such as blue-and-white flycatchers in the same area.