This is the only exclusively western-breeding passerine ... Compare with the greater pewee, the olive-sided flycatcher, and the eastern phoebe. Breeding Bird Survey trends show widespread declines ...

This is special as Malabar grey hornbill is endemic to the Western Ghats and ... flycatchers or Red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla), a migratory bird from Russia, was spotted at Nilgiris ...