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European pied flycatchers, 2010 in Texel, Netherlands. The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. [3]
It was formerly regarded as a race of European pied flycatcher, but Sætre et al. (2001) recommended that it is regarded as a species in its own right. [3] The bird has large white patches on its wing and forehead. [2] Identification is also covered in Etherington and Small (2003) [4] and van den Berg et al. (2006). [5]
Pied flycatcher, an alternate name for the pied monarch, found in Australia Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
European pied flycatcher F. hypoleuca which breeds in Western Europe Semi-collared flycatcher F. semitorquata of Southeast Europe and Southwest Asia European pied and collared flycatchers hybridise to a limited extent where their ranges meet; the hybrids have reduced fitness and usually do not survive their first winter (Parkin 2003).
Fiscal flycatcher: Sigelus silens (Shaw, 1809) 49 Dusky-blue flycatcher: Bradornis comitatus (Cassin, 1857) 50 African grey flycatcher: Bradornis microrhynchus Reichenow, 1887: 51 Marico flycatcher: Bradornis mariquensis Smith, A, 1847: 52 Böhm's flycatcher: Bradornis boehmi Reichenow, 1884: 53 Ussher's flycatcher: Bradornis ussheri (Sharpe ...
Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata (A) European robin, Erithacus rubecula; Red-breasted flycatcher, Ficedula parva (A) European pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca (A) Common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus (A) Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros (A) Rufous-tailed rock-thrush, Monticola saxatilis (A) Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra (A)
The spotted flycatcher is the specialist, and tends to return to the same perch after each sally. The pied flycatcher is more of a generalist, gleaning as well as flycatching, and changes perches often. [7] Birds with the name "flycatcher" are not the only ones to engage in flycatching behavior. For example, Lewis's woodpecker feeds by flycatching.