#0681 · 🐦 birds

European Pied Flycatcher

🇳🇱 Bonte vliegenvanger ·Ficedula hypoleuca

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ViiruPesonen · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © José Manuel Armengod · CC BY-ND 4.0
5. © caroline legg · CC BY 4.0
6. © Ron Knight · CC BY 4.0
7. © Lars Falkdalen Lindahl · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Babajide Agboola · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Dmitry Kulakov · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

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. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa. It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances...

base stats

NL sightings 201iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 33,695iNaturalist observations
weight 12 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).