This tiny feathered creature is hands down among my top favorite highland birds. It's easy for me to fall in love with this subject - it looks so cute, its colors jump out even to my color-blind eyes, its call is pleasant sounding, and its less shy demeanor makes it easy to approach.
Likewise, its preference to perch on a clean branch often for quite long moments allow me to sometimes change vantage points for a better background, or a more favorable direction of light. It is only about 4-1/2 inch long (from tip of bill to end of tail), so I had to get really close to fill the frame.
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Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa helianthea septentrionalis, endemic race)
Habitat - Understory usually in montane forest.
Habitat - Understory usually in montane forest.
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| Shooting info - Elev. 1526 m ASL, Camp John hay Eco Trail, Baguio City,
October 1, 2017, 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II + 1.4x TC III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 2500, manual exposure in available light, hand held, major crop resized to 800 x 533. |
And here's an old video footage where the call of this bird was recorded:
Birds have always amazed me. their striking colour and uniqeness is something i find really fascinating.Citrine Canary-Flycatcher is definately an eye-catcher!
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