Norvin Ng was on a mission that day to find another flycatcher - the Chinese Blue Flycatcher. According to a friendly account of the incident which led to the record of Singapore's 1st Brown Breasted Flycatcher - they were playing back the tape of the Chinese Blue Flycatcher and this "Asian Brown Flycatcher" responded. Nobody was interested in this bird and he grudgingly obliged by taking a few shots.
The few shots made him of two who has ticked the Brown Breasted Flycatcher in Singapore. It is not unlike striking 4D, just that no money to collect.
Longer-billed than all other Muscicapa species in Singapore, but bill not as strong and bulky as in Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher. Lower mandible almost completely pale yellowish, unlike Asian Brown Flycatcher and Dark-sided Flycatcher, which have mostly dark lower mandibles. Warm rufous fringes to wing coverts recall Brown-streaked Flycatcher, but that species lacks the sharply contrasting white patch on lores. Ferruginous Flycatcher has a richer orange wash on breast and flanks, which are a drabber buffish colour for Brown-breasted. Legs are also paler than other Muscicapa species.
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