Brown-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui)
About the Brown-breasted Flycatcher
The brown-breasted flycatcher or Layard's flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species breeds in north eastern India, central and Southern China and northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to southern India and Sri Lanka. It forages for insects below the forest canopy, often close to the forest floor.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 6 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China, India, Sri Lanka in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Dusky-blue FlycatcherMuscicapa comitatarecording
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa tyrrhenicarecording
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.