Spotted flycatcher

Introduction: Spotted flycatchers (Muscicapa striata) will inhabit any open woodland or location that will provide a perch with an open view. They prefer to perch low down, singly or in pairs.

Distribution: Common and widespread (especially in gardens with trees) throughout Namibia, absent in the southern Namib Desert.
Diet: Will hunt from a favourite perch for bees and wasps which are beaten against a branch before being eaten to dislodge the sting. Also takes flies, winged ants, termites, bugs, moths, dragonflies, spiders, small beetles and worms.

Description: A small flycatcher with a large head, long wings and a simple, high-pitched song. Muscicapa is a Greek word for 'flycatcher'. Striata is Latin for 'striped', referring to the head, throat and chest markings, although it doesn't appear to have any spots at all.
Breeding: Extralimital.

Size: 14cm.

Weight: 14g.