Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
About the Red-breasted Flycatcher
The red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across Central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. The breeding male is mainly muted brown above and white below, with a grey head and an orange throat. Females and immatures are similarly colored but lack the orange throat patch. The red-breasted flycatcher is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher, which has a different migration route (wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa), is scarce. It forms a superspecies with the closely related taiga flycatcher and Kashmir flycatcher and can be distinguished from the former by its different song, warmer-toned plumage and the more extensive orange throat patch.
A real field recording of the Red-breasted Flycatcher. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY ×2 · CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 1,195 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Atlas Pied FlycatcherFicedula speculigeraprofile
- Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufaprofile
- Black-banded FlycatcherFicedula timorensisprofile
- Bundok FlycatcherFicedula luzoniensisprofile
- Cinnamon-chested FlycatcherFicedula buruensisprofile
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollisrecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.