Species profile
Green-backed Flycatcher
Ficedula elisae
Quick answer
breeds in northeastern China (Shanxi and Hebei); migrates to southern China, Hainan, and southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaya, and Vietnam)
- Scientific name
- Ficedula elisae
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Ficedula
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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- African stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Ala Shan Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)