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Yellow-legged Flycatcher
(Kempiella [Microeca] griseoceps)
: "Yellow-legged Flyrobin", "Little Yellow Robin", "Little Yellow
Flycatcher", "Yellow-footed Flycatcher"
Size: 11.5-12.5 cm
Weight: 9-14 g
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Similar
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Physical description |
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Yellow-legged Flycatchers are very small robins.
They have a grey head, with white eye-rings and weak white
frontal supercilia above dark-grey loral stripes. The chin
and throat are white, the chest is grey and from the belly
downward they are pale-yellow, with a light-grey tinge.
The back is brownish-grey, with wing feathers and a tail
that are a shade darker brownish-grey.
The characteristic feature that distinguished them from other,
similar species is that they have a two-coloured bill, with a
dark-grey upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible.
The irises are dark. Legs and feet are yellow.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Yellow-legged
Flycatcher at Wikipedia  .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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and range
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
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The global distribution of the Yellow-legged Flycatcher is available
HERE
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Yellow-legged Flycatchers are found in parts of West Papua, New Guinea and
in far north-eastern Australia.
In Australia Yellow-legged Flycatchers are present only near the
tip of Cape York peninsula in far-northern QLD.
Yellow-legged Flycatchers have a preference for tropical
rainforest,
both at low altitudes and in mountainous terrain, where they
tend to stay in the upper/outer canopy and are very active,
although inconspicuous.
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Sightings |
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M. Eaton reports spotting a Yellow-legged Flycatcher at Iron Range NP,
Cape York peninsula, QLD, in August 2019.
All sighting and photographic information presented on this page
has been kindly contributed by M. Eaton.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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Near-dorsal view of a Yellow-legged Flycatcher; this photo
does not show the characteristic two-coloured bill that
was seen by the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Iron Range NP, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]
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contributors.
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Breeding
Nest
Eggs
Behaviour
Food
Call/s
