Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa dauurica Pallas, 1811 (0, 4)
STATUS
Eurasia. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
One seen by a number of observers on Holy Island, Northumberland in early September 1956 lacked some field characters for acceptance (BOURC).
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1992 Fair Isle Plantation, first-summer, trapped, 1st to 2nd July, photo.
(P. V. Harvey, Birding World 5 (7): 252-255, photos; British Birds 85: plate 297; D. T. Parkin & K. D. N. Shaw, British Birds 87: 247-252; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 567; R. Murray, Scottish Bird Report 1992: 59; BOURC (1994), Ibis 136: 253-255; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 585; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 201; P. V. Harvey, British Birds 103: 651-657, plates 357-359; Scottish Birds Records Committee, Scottish Birds 31: 10).
2). 2007 Yorkshire Flamborough, first-winter, 3rd to 4th October.
(R. Baines, Birding World 20 (10): 425-428, plates 1-5; British Birds 100: plate 331; Birding World 20 (12): 515, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 585).
3). 2008 Fair Isle Ward Hill, first-winter, 24th to 25th September, photo.
(Birding World 21 (9): 374, photos; British Birds 101: plate 350; Birding World 21 (12): 511, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 585; D. N. Shaw, Scottish Birds 30: 73-75, plates 70-73; Scottish Birds Records Committee, Scottish Birds 31: 10).
4). 2010 Yorkshire Buckton, adult, 5th September, photo.
(D. Waudby, Birding World 23 (9): 394-395, plates 1-4; Birding World 23 (12): 537, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 611, plate 329).