Spotted flycatcher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the spotted flycatcher lives – recorded in 83 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Muscicapa striata
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	83 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	1.92 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Muscicapidae

Where does the spotted flycatcher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the spotted flycatcher in 83 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a spotted flycatcher?

Wikidata records the following for the spotted flycatcher: mass 1.92 g (birth weight).

Is the spotted flycatcher endangered?

The spotted flycatcher’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the spotted flycatcher?

The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Muscicapidae, genus Muscicapa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the spotted flycatcher

The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range.

This is an undistinguished looking bird with long wings and tail. The adults have grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts, with a streaked crown and breast, giving rise to the bird's common name. The legs are short and black, and the bill is black and has the broad but pointed shape typical of aerial insectivores. Juveniles are browner than adults and have spots on the upperparts.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spotted flycatcher (revision 1374217120), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26607 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).