Young birds are brownish and speckled. The nest is unlike that of most flycatchers and is large, coarse, ball-like and made from sedges. The nest has a foundation of dry leaves and ferns. The nest has an external diameter of about and the egg cavity which is devoid of any lining is about in diameter and deep. The nest is placed usually at the centre of a bush at about height with an entrance hole close to the top. The peak feeding activity of the birds is early in the morning and towards dusk. During these period they capture as many as 100 insects an hour whereas at mid-day they are half as efficient. The black-and-orange flycatcher along with the rufous-chested flycatcher (Ficedula dumetoria) are the only sedentary species within the genus Ficedula and lack the longer and more pointed wing morphology of the long distant migrant members. References Further reading Khan, M.A.R. (1977) Ecology and Behaviour of the Black-and-Orange Flycatcher Muscicapa nigrorufa. PhD Thesis, Bombay University, Bombay. black-and-orange flycatcher Birds of South India black-and-orange flycatcher