Family Old World Flycatchers and Chats (Muscicapidae)
Near Threatened
Furtive Flycatcher (Ficedula disposita)
Taxonomy
French: Gobemouche furtif German: Luzonschnäpper Spanish: Papamoscas furtivo
Taxonomy:
Muscicapa bonthaina disposita
Ripley and J. T. Marshall
, 1967,Zambales Mountains above Crow Valley, Tarlac Province, Luzon, Philippines
.Distribution:
Luzon, in N Philippines.
Descriptive notes
11–11·5 cm. Small olive-brown forest flycatcher with distinctive tail pattern. Has forehead to nape olive-brown, becoming greyish-brown on upperparts; uppertail-coverts... read more
Voice
Song a quiet, high-pitched 2-note or 3-note whistle, middle note higher-pitched, “wau he” or “wauhe... read more
Habitat
Lowland dense secondary-growth forest, including degraded and selectively logged areas with bamboo... read more
Food and feeding
Diet not well known; includes small invertebrates. Usually solitary or in pairs; secretive and easily overlooked. Forages in dense... read more
Breeding
Birds in breeding condition and recently fledged juvenile in May. No other information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near-threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Luzon EBA. Locally common or rare within very small global range. Formerly... read more
Previously considered conspecific with F. crypta and, often, with F. bonthaina, but differences significant; prior to 1991 was known only from a single female. Monotypic.