About the Semicollared Flycatcher
The semicollared 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 montane forests of the southeastern corner of Europe to Northwest Iran. It is migratory, wintering in Central and Eastern Africa. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe. Tracking studies using geolocators have revealed that weather conditions during spring migration can have a large impact on the timing of Semicollared flycatcher migration and survival of adult birds.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula erithacusThe slaty-backed flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoniThe pygmy flycatcher, also known as the pygmy blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae.
Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufaA distinctly coloured bird found mainly in the high-elevation areas of the Western Ghats, the Nilgiris, the Palnis and associated hill ranges.
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