Kashmir Flycatcher

The Kashmir flycatcher is a small flycatcher about 13cm long, closely related to the red-breasted flycatcher, of which it was formerly treated as a subspecies, and like it flicks its tail up when perched. The male has a grey-brown back and an orange-red throat, breast and flanks bordered with black on the throat and breast. Females and first-winter birds are browner above with the red reduced to a pinkish wash, and are easily confused with female red-breasted flycatchers. The taiga flycatcher has less orange and no black border (Wikipedia, general species account).

It breeds in the north-west Himalayas in forest at 1,800–2,400m, nesting in May and June in a tree hole close to the ground lined with moss, bark and hair, and laying three to five pale green eggs. It is insectivorous (Wikipedia, general species account).