Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) - HBW 11, p. 114
French: Gobemouche gris
German: Grauschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Gris
Taxonomy: Motacilla striata Pallas, 1764, Holland.
Forms a superspecies with M. gambagae, and sometimes regarded as conspecific. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- striata (Pallas, 1764) - breeds Europe E across Ural Mts to W Siberia (R Irtysh), and NW Africa (N Morocco E to N Tunisia); non-breeding W, E & S Africa.
- balearica von Jordans, 1913 - breeds Balearic Is; non-breeding W & SW Africa.
- tyrrhenica Schiebel, 1910 - breeds Corsica and Sardinia; non-breeding probably Africa.
- striata (Pallas, 1764) - breeds Europe E across Ural Mts to W Siberia (R Irtysh), and NW Africa (N Morocco E to N Tunisia); non-breeding W, E & S Africa.
- balearica von Jordans, 1913 - breeds Balearic Is; non-breeding W & SW Africa.
- tyrrhenica Schiebel, 1910 - breeds Corsica and Sardinia; non-breeding probably Africa.
- inexpectata Dementiev, 1932 - breeds Crimea; non-breeding Africa.
- neumanni Poche, 1904 - breeds islands in Aegean Sea E to Caucasus and N & W Iran and S to Cyprus and Levant, also C Siberia (R Irtysh E to W Transbaikalia); non-breeding E & S Africa.
- sarudnyi Snigirewski, 1928 - breeds E Iran and Turkmenistan E to Tien Shan, Pamirs and N & W Pakistan; non-breeding probably E & S Africa.
- mongola Portenko, 1955 - breeds SE Altai E to SE Transbaikalia and N Mongolia; non-breeding probably E & S Africa.
- Least Concern
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Two juveniles becoming suddenly alert Essonne, France (ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 31 July 2006 3 years ago 46 sec 4.8 -
A juvenile calling Essonne, France (ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 31 July 2006 3 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird with the chicks at the nest Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 4 July 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 41 sec 4.5 -
An adult feeding at the nest,A close-up of the chicks Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 4 July 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 32 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a bird Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 25 September 2005 1 year ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile begging for food to an adult and calling Essonne, France (ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 31 July 2006 3 years ago 43 sec 4.5
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A bird with a catch (horse fly - Tabanidae) Poland
Piotr Jonczyk 21 June 2008 33 weeks ago 4.6 -
A bird on the ground with a grasshopper on the beak. Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 15 May 2009 11 weeks ago 4.4 -
Sitting on a branch Kharrarah Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 2 May 2010 15 weeks ago 4.4 -
Just sitting Sealine Beach Resort, Mesaieed, Qatar
John A Thompson 3 April 2010 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
Passage Migrant Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 10 September 2008 9 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird on a branch. Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 2 May 2010 11 weeks ago 4.2
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Calls of juveniles Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, UK
(ssp striata)
Stuart Fisher 12 August 2006 36 weeks ago 4 -
A male singing. Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 16 May 2008 39 weeks ago 4
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