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Semicollared Flycatcher
Sign in to saveAlso known as Semi-collared flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Ficedula semitorquata
- Commons category
- Ficedula semitorquata
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- Ficedula semitorquata
- litter size
- 5.5
- egg incubation period
- 14
- taxon common name
- Semi-collared flycatcher
- short name
- F. semitorquata
- taxon range
- Africa
- taxon author citation
- (Homeyer, 1885)
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Encyclopedic overview
The semicollared flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) 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 (Balkan Peninsula) 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.
This is a 12–13.5 cm long bird, intermediate in appearance between collared flycatcher and European pied flycatcher. It has often been classed as a subspecies of collared flycatcher.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Semicollared Flycatcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.