About the Collared Flycatcher
The collared flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers. It breeds in southeast Europe and Eastern France to the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine and is migratory, wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe.
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What the Collared Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium, Norway, Botswana, Tanzania, Benin, Mozambique, Luxembourg.
When to see it
Peak activity in June · a summer visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaAt 11–12 cm long, this is a relatively small flycatcher, only slightly larger than the Eurasian wren.
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicillaThe taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanniThe little pied flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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