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Red-breasted Flycatcher

🇳🇱 Kleine Vliegenvanger ·Ficedula parva

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Red-breasted Flycatcher, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red-breasted flycatcher ( Ficedula parva ) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher which breeds further west is rare. This is because of the different migration direction.

base stats

  • NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,072iNaturalist observations
  • weight 1.4 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,072 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 1 g.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1792 (234 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Nederlands
Kleine Vliegenvanger
scientific name
Ficedula parva
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Muscicapidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
8
sightings in Europe
2,975
sightings worldwide
5,072
GBIF records in NL
5,240
weight
1.4 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1792 by Johann Matthäus Bechstein

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Muscicapidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 13113, Wikidata Q241499, GBIF 2492605, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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