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  Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)





Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto photo
Shining Flycatcher male, Howard Springs, Northern Territory

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Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto photo
Shining Flycatcher female, Howard Springs, Northern Territory

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Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto photo
Shining Flycatcher female, Howard Springs, Northern Territory

Image by Lip Kee Yap - Some rights reserved.    (view image details)







SHINING FLYCATCHER FACTS

Description
Male entirely glossy black. Female rufous on back, wings and tail, black on head, white underneath. Juvenile similar to adult female.

Can be seen alone or in pairs. Feeds on invertebrates, and molluscs and crustaceans. Forages in vegetation or on the ground, often using tail-flicks to stir up insects. Breeds in the pre-wet and wet seasons. The nest is a cup of bark, twigs, spider web or similar material usually set in the fork of a tree. Eggs are white, bluish-white or greenish-white with spots of various brownish colours; 1-4 are laid.

Author credit: Lindley McKay

Habitat
Rainforest and other dense vegetation on the edges of freshwater and mangroves.

Food
Carnivore

Range
Northern and eastern Australia.

distribution map showing range of Myiagra alecto in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.


Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.




Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Monarchidae
Genus:Myiagra
Species:alecto
Common Name:Shining Flycatcher

Relatives in same Genus
  Satin Flycatcher (M. cyanoleuca)
  Restless Flycatcher (M. inquieta)
  Leaden Flycatcher (M. rubecula)
  Broad-billed Flycatcher (M. ruficollis)