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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one bird Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp striata)
Daniêl Jimenez 29 May 2010 2 years ago 42 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched on a branch, preening. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (ssp balearica)
Carlos Fabregat 9 May 2008 16 weeks ago 23 sec 3.2 -
A pair with a unusual nesthole, in the city park from Stutgard. Locality Germany (ssp striata)
Yoel Jimenez 18 May 2002 3 years ago 29 sec 3.2 -
A bird on a wire Locality Oukaïmeden, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (ssp striata)
Josep del Hoyo 18 May 2006 6 years ago 25 sec 3.1 -
A bird perched on a branch and ejecting a pellet of indigestible material Locality Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp striata)
Ian Fulton 7 September 2006 6 years ago 27 sec 3.1 -
Two views of a bird perched on a wire and flying away. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (ssp balearica)
Carlos Fabregat 22 April 2008 13 weeks ago 21 sec 3
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Some members of the family
Locality Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
Eduardo Tejeda Lima 5 June 2009 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
a bird berced at the river nile
Locality Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 20 weeks ago 3.5 -
Grå Fluesnapper
Locality Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
Christian Michael Mortensen 27 August 2012 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Carmelo López 1 December 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
perching on a wire
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 1 year ago 3.5 -
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) S,Evangelica, Andratx, 2007
Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 10 July 2007 2 years ago 3.5
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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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