Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Little Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) - HBW 11, p. 142
French: Gobemouche pie
German: Elsterschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Pío
Taxonomy: Muscicapula westermanni Sharpe, 1888, Gunong Ulu Batang Padang, 4200 feet [c. 1280 m], Perak, Malay Peninsula.
Geographical variation patchy and irregular, and apparently confined to females, with considerable degree of intermediacy in plumages; for example, australorientis intergrades with collini in C Himalayas and perhaps better merged with latter, and female mayri often considered indistinguishable from females in Philippines; further taxonomic review and clarification required. Eight subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- collini (Rothschild, 1925) - breeds C Himalayas from N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to C Nepal; non-breeding in foothills and NE India.
- australorientis (Ripley, 1952) - breeds E Himalayas (E from C Nepal) E to Sikkim and NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam S to Meghalaya), SC China (SE Xizang, N & S Yunnan, S Guizhou, Guangxi), Myanmar, N & SC Thailand, N & C Laos and NW Vietnam; non-breeding also Bangladesh.
- langbianis (Kloss, 1927) - S Laos (Bolovens Plateau) and SC Vietnam (Langbian).
- collini (Rothschild, 1925) - breeds C Himalayas from N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to C Nepal; non-breeding in foothills and NE India.
- australorientis (Ripley, 1952) - breeds E Himalayas (E from C Nepal) E to Sikkim and NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam S to Meghalaya), SC China (SE Xizang, N & S Yunnan, S Guizhou, Guangxi), Myanmar, N & SC Thailand, N & C Laos and NW Vietnam; non-breeding also Bangladesh.
- langbianis (Kloss, 1927) - S Laos (Bolovens Plateau) and SC Vietnam (Langbian).
- westermanni (Sharpe, 1888) - Malay Peninsula, N Sumatra, Borneo, S Philippines (Mindanao), Sulawesi (except S), Sula Is (Taliabu) and Moluccas (Bacan, Seram).
- rabori (Ripley, 1952) - N & C Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Negros).
- palawanensis (Ripley & Rabor, 1962) - S Palawan (Mt Victoria, Mt Mantalingajan), in W Philippines.
- hasselti (Finsch, 1898) - S Sumatra, Java, Bali, S Sulawesi and W & C Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor).
- mayri (Ripley, 1952) - Wetar and Timor, in E Lesser Sundas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched on a barbed-wire fence. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp westermanni)
Philip Griffin 18 April 2010 3 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A young male perched on a branch, and then on a barbed wire, before flying away. Locality Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp westermanni)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 20 sec 4 -
A young male perched on a branch, and calling. Locality Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp westermanni)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 14 sec 4 -
A male perched on a barbed-wire fence, near the power station at the top of the road Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp westermanni)
Philip Griffin 10 April 2010 3 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A front view of a male perched Locality Java (Indonesia) (ssp hasselti)
John Gregory 31 October 1999 5 years ago 11 sec 3.2 -
side and rear view of male on low perch Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp australorientis)
Martin Kennewell 18 February 2012 1 year ago 10 sec 3.2
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A juvenile male perched on a road.
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp westermanni)
David Beadle 22 September 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Male singing from branch near nursery.
Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp westermanni)
Tom Tarrant 3 June 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
female (?) collecting nesting material
Locality Bedugul, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp hasselti)
Mat Gilfedder 2 September 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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Call notes of a male.
Locality Mount Sarim Camp, Mount Sarim, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 19 March 2003 3 years ago 3 -
Call note of a male.
Locality Mount Sarim Camp, Mount Sarim, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 19 March 2003 3 years ago 2
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