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.
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A juvenile begging for food to an adult and calling Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 31 July 2006 6 years ago 43 sec 4.9 -
Two juveniles becoming suddenly alert Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 31 July 2006 6 years ago 46 sec 4.9 -
An adult feeding at the nest,A close-up of the chicks Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 4 July 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 4.8 -
A bird calling once and looking around Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp striata)
Pere Sugranyes 30 April 2007 5 years ago 40 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird with the chicks at the nest Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 4 July 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
preening Locality Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Vojvodina, Serbia
Vicky Cheng 26 August 2011 1 year ago 1 min 31 sec 4.4
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A bird with a catch (horse fly - Tabanidae)
Locality Poland
Piotr Jonczyk 21 June 2008 3 years ago 4.6 -
A migrant standing on a rock.
Locality El Aaiún, Western Sahara
Fran Trabalon 23 April 2012 1 year ago 4.6 -
Resting on a twig
Locality Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 14 September 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Adult perched
Locality Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
Marc FASOL 22 July 2010 22 weeks ago 4.5 -
Sitting on a branch
Locality Kharrarah Farm, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 2 May 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
A bird on the ground with a grasshopper on the beak.
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 15 May 2009 2 years ago 4.4
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Call of an adult. Some juveniles near. Locality Ciutadella, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
(ssp balearica)
Jordi Calvet 27 July 2012 41 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of juveniles Locality Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, Great Britain
(ssp striata)
Stuart Fisher 12 August 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A male singing. Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp striata)
Julien Rochefort 16 May 2008 3 years ago 4
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