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.תיסחי ןטק הרוקמו לוגע השאר ,הזירז ,תויפטחה ןיבמ הנטקה :תידמג תיפטח | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
F. p. parva Europe, E to Tyumen, also Turkey, Caucasus, and N Iran. F. p. albicilla USSR E from Kirov. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.Smallest, most nimble flycatcher in west Palearctic, with relatively tiny bill, neat, round head, and chesty body but slim vent and quite long tail. Tail often flirted to display unique pattern of dark center and end, with bold white patch on side.Male has red central throat and chest and grey neck and chest-sides reminiscent of Robin. Female and immature have buff or ocher chest. Sexes dissimilar, little seasonal variation. Habitat.In west Palearctic in continental middle latitudes, mainly temperate but also boreal and mountain. A forest bird, in west of range mainly in mixed and deciduous stands. From lowlands to 1200 m but recorded up to 2300 m, in Armenia.Food and Feeding.Mainly insects and other invertebrates. In breeding season food taken mostly from trees, though some is caught in the air and on the ground.Breeding.Mid May to end of Jun in C and E Europe. Nest site, in hole in tree or wall, among side shoots against tree trunk, occasionally in bush.Nest, cup of moss, dry grass stalks and leaves, root fibres, and hair, lined with hair. Nest in bush may be domed. 5-6 eggs, sub-elliptical, smooth and glossy, whitish, sometimes faint buff or blue-green, with faint red-brown speckling, occasionally denser at large end. Incubation, 12-13 days by female only. Movements.All populations migratory. Western race, nominate, winters in Pakistan and India, from west Himalayan foothills, south to Baluchistan. Most cpommon in western and central India.Eastern Race albicilla, winters from southern Nepal south into eastern India, west to eastern Madhya, south to Andura Pradesh. East of India, range includes Bangladesh, foothills of Sikkin and Bhutan, Assam east to Indo-China, and south-east China. Status and ConservationNot globally threatened.Israel.In Israel subspecies F. p. parva rare passage migrant, mainly during autumn, chiefly in southern and eastern parts. |
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