{"id":2059342,"date":"2019-06-07T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=5e2b3160a698911175c6a29c26d0a0ae"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:47:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:47:59","slug":"rusty-tailed-flycatcher-near-samarkand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/rusty-tailed-flycatcher-near-samarkand\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusty-tailed Flycatcher near Samarkand"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning our Rockjumper tour went up to the mountains south of Samarkand. We had a fantastic morning around Takhta-Karacha mountain pass, at about 1700 m.<\/p>\n

We saw so many wonderful birds, including Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Irania, Upcher’s Warbler, Indian Paradise flycatcher, Red-headed and White-capped Buntings, ‘vittata’ Pied Wheatear, Lammergeier, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Hume’s Lesser Short-toed Lark and many more.<\/p>\n

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Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (Ficedula ruficauda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just check this mouthwatering eBird checklist- bliss. No time to edit more photos tonight, more to follow. The most surprising find was a Rusty-tailed Flycatcher.<\/p>\n

Timur expertly first heard it singing, then all the group enjoyed great views of it.<\/p>\n

Rusty-tailed Flycatcher is a Himalayan-breeding species that extends its range NW to Tajikistan and just into SE Uzbekistan. It winters in SW India.<\/p>\n

Apparently this is the first record for Samarkand region. It normally occurs in higher elevations and in thicker forest. Possibly this is a migrant rather than a breeder.<\/p>\n

Not the most colourful bird of the day, but certainly of high quality.<\/p>\n

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