#0893 · 🐦 birds

Dark-sided Flycatcher

🇳🇱 Roetvliegenvanger ·Muscicapa sibirica

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The dark-sided flycatcher ( Muscicapa sibirica ) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a wide distribution in Asia with northern birds migrating south for the winter. It is also known as the Siberian flycatcher or sooty flycatcher , the latter name is also used for the sooty flycatcher ( M. infuscata ) of Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 6iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,526iNaturalist observations
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).