Collared Flycatcher, there are very few records of this bird in Southern Africa!

While doing some birding in the Sand Forest my guest Callum Zehner was after a Narina Trogon and while stopping to listen to a Woodward's Batis the movement of a flycatcher high up in the canopy of a Lebombo Wattle caught our attention, we had stumbled on a Collared Flycatcher! This bird allowed us great views of it darting typically out from it's perch to hawk insects, we watched in disbelief at this special little bird. A while later the bird still there allowed other guests on a Birding Safari a great view. This very rare summer visitor marks possibly the first record in Kwazulu-Natal and once again Phinda is proven as one of Southern Africa's premier birding hotspots!

Posted: Phinda by Daryl Dell, Date: 2 March 2008