The Uncommon Little Slaty Flycatcher [HD]

This is a video of the uncommon Little Slaty Flycatcher, Ficedula basilanica digiscoped in the remaining forests of PICOP, a former logging concession in Surigao del Sur, Eastern Mindanao. This endemic flycatcher is a lowland Mindanao endemic, preferring the understory of forests and second growth. It has a very soft call and can be a challenge to see and photograph. This individual came quite close during one of our birding tours last December. The male individual came close, preening and showing off its characteristic blue grey plumage and the white spot above the eye. The female individual with rufous plumage shown near the end of the video clip was a lot closer and would not even fit the frame. 🙂 Little Slaty Flycatcher, Ficedula basilanica December 2011, PICOP, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines