
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Culicicapa ceylonensis
Diet
Insects, caught in flycatcher-like sallies
Habitat
Forested habitats
Range
Tropical Asia
Size
12-13cm
The grey-headed canary-flycatcher is a small flycatcher-like bird of tropical Asia, 12 to 13 cm long, with a square crest, a grey hood, a canary-yellow belly and yellowish-green upperparts. It has a very flat bill fringed with long bristles. It is found mainly in forested habitats, where it often joins mixed-species flocks, and pairs forage for insects with flycatcher-like sallies, calling aloud (Wikipedia, general species account).
It sits in a very upright posture and the sexes look alike. It is no longer placed with the Old World flycatchers but in the fairy flycatcher family.