Red-breasted Flycatcher

The red-breasted flycatcher is a small flycatcher, 11 to 12cm long, only slightly larger than the Eurasian wren. It breeds in eastern Europe and across Central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. The breeding male is mainly muted brown above and white below, with a grey head and an orange throat; females and immatures lack the orange throat patch (Wikipedia, general species account).

It forms a superspecies with the closely related taiga flycatcher and Kashmir flycatcher. The song lasts three to four seconds, with far-carrying, repetitive, sweet whistles, each phrase preceded by quiet 'zit' notes and followed by a descending multipart sequence. Between four and seven eggs are laid, typically five or six. They are usually wary of predators and sometimes briefly abandon their clutches when disturbed. The account opened does not name Bhutan.