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Brown-breasted flycatcher

Muscicapa muttui (E. L. Layard, 1854)

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The brown-breasted flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 12 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown-breasted flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui)
Photo: Chung Kiu, Ryan Cheng from Hong Kong · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown-breasted flycatcher

Weight
12 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown-breasted flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the brown-breasted flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown-breasted flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown-breasted_flycatcher&oldid=1345329353), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown-breasted flycatcher endangered?

The brown-breasted flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the brown-breasted flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusMuscicapa
  7. SpeciesMuscicapa muttui (E. L. Layard, 1854)

Synonyms Alseonax flavipes, Alseonax muttui khosrovi, Butalis muttui, Cyornis mandellii, Muscicapa muttui stotzneri

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • papamosques de MuttuCatalan
  • Menjamosques de Pit MarróCatalan
  • lejsek hnědoprsýCzech
  • gwybedog ystlysfrownWelsh
  • Brunbrystet FluesnapperDanish
  • BambusschnäpperGerman
  • BambusfliegenschnäpperGerman
  • brunbrusta muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas muttuiSpanish
  • Papamoscas de MuttuSpanish
  • intianharmaasieppoFinnish
  • Gobemouche muttuiFrench
  • žutonoga muharicaCroatian
  • Pigliamosche pettobrunoItalian
  • チャムネサメビタキJapanese
  • 갈색솔딱새Korean
  • rudakrūtė musinukėLithuanian
  • മുത്തുപ്പിള്ളMalayalam
  • BamboevliegenvangerDutch
  • BruinborstvliegenvangerDutch
  • umbrafluesnapperNorwegian
  • muchołówka białogardłaPolish
  • papa-moscas-de-muttuPortuguese
  • taralhão-de-peito-castanhoPortuguese
  • Бамбуковая мухоловкаRussian
  • muchár mutupilaSlovak
  • Smeđogruda muharicaSerbian
  • brunbröstad flugsnappareSwedish
  • นกจับแมลงอกสีน้ำตาลThai
  • Kahverengi Sırtlı SinekkapanTurkish
  • мухоловка бамбуковаUkrainian
  • 褐胸鶲Chinese
  • 褐胸鹟Chinese

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Relatives of the brown-breasted flycatcher

Other species in the same genus Muscicapa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown-breasted flycatcher?

An adult brown-breasted flycatcher weighs 12 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the brown-breasted flycatcher endangered?

The brown-breasted flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brown-breasted flycatcher?

The brown-breasted flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_breasted_flycatcher_2026,
  title = {Brown-breasted flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-breasted-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}