Asian brown Flycatcher - photograph © Alister Benn

Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa daurica) is a rare passage migrant in Haryana. This bird is found in the hill forests of Morni Hills and Kalesar.

Identification: Strikingly large dark eyes with a visible white ring around them. Black legs, throat white and bright yellow mandible. Ashy brown above, dirty white below, grayish on flanks and breast.

Order: PASSERIFORMES    Family: Muscicapidae Muscicapini    Local Name: Zakki    Size: Sparrow+    Food: Largely flies