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A long-tailed, slender songbird with fine bill.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Males dark bluish black above, white below, with a dark bib with concave lower edge (curves downward at edges). Crown and throat equally dark, lending male a hooded appearance. Male Leaden Flycatcher has uniformly dark head, grayish (not blackish) tail feathers, and convex bib edge. Female blue-gray above, with orange throat and breast.
Inhabits varied woodlands, perches high in the canopy, often shakes the tail rapidly.
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