The Flycatcher is a small bird thatbelongs to the group Sparrows and the family Flycatcher, including about 80 genera and more than 330 species. All members of the family of flycatchers have rather long wings and weak legs that are unsuitable for active movement along tree branches or the ground. The flycatcher is a bird with a short tail (with the exception of the paradise flycatcher), with a notch at the end. The color of the plumage in the family of flycatchers can be both monotonous in one species, and very bright in another.
Highest prevalence of thisfamilies acquired such species as the small flycatcher, gray flycatcher, and pied flycatcher. The bird mainly has a conical strong beak, which expands to the base, small size and soft plumage, which is typical of all species of the flycatcher. In our country, from representatives of this family there are about 4 genera and 15 species.
The pilot, or small flycatcher, is a bird,Received such a name due to the miniature and body weight. Its weight is only 11 grams, body length - 12-14 centimeters, for which the pilot is considered the smallest species of the Flycatcher family. The small flycatcher is an inconspicuous bird, as it prefers to settle in high-growth coniferous forests. In the first year of life, coloring in males and females is almost the same. Later, the male pilot acquires a colorful plumage, expressed in ash-gray color of the front part of the chest and sides, red neck and brownish-gray back. The female of the small flycatcher has a dimmer plumage and does not have red spots on the throat. The nests of small flycatchers are distinguished by a large amount of moss, which is the main material for the construction of the nest. Caterpillars, small beetles and butterflies are the main source for feeding the birds. The pilot’s song is a fairly simple ringing trill with a pleasant sound.
Gray Flycatcher - a bird that has acquiredwidespread throughout Europe and the European part of Russia. In the east of our country, its habitat extends to the Chita region. The flycatcher bird (photo can be seen in the article) does not have a bright plumage, having a brownish-gray top, a white bottom and longitudinal mottles located on the chest and head. Like all members of the Flycatcher family, the gray flycatcher is small in size: the length of the bird’s body is 15 centimeters and its body weight is 15 grams. Often the bird settles near the person, lives in the country area, on forest edges, vineyards, gardens and kitchen gardens. Although many members of this family have a rather beautiful voice, the gray flycatcher does not sing, but publishes quiet, squeaky whistles.
The variegated flycatcher is a songbird, which differs from its small and gray sisters in its bright plumage and sonorous trills.
In summer, males have black and white plumage anddistinct white spots on the wings and over the beak, as well as the whitish color of the chest. In female pied flycatchers, the plumage is less bright: the upper part of the calf is brown, and the wings and tail are dark. In winter, the color of the males becomes similar to the color of the females, while the pied males remain with black wings and upper feathers on the tail. The main habitat of the pied flycatcher is parks, as well as orchards, where there is a large number of hollows. The song of the male of the spotted flycatcher is a short ringing trill of various heights.
