Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata - Gobemouche gris
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Muscicapidés
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Genus:
Muscicapa
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Species:
striata
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 15 cm
- Wingspan: 23 à 25 cm.
- Weight: 13 à 19 g
Longevity
9 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.
Subspecific information 5 subspecies
- Muscicapa striata striata (Europe to w Siberia, nw Africa)
- Muscicapa striata inexpectata (Crimea. s Ukraine.)
- Muscicapa striata neumanni (islands of the Aegean Sea through the Middle East to the Caucasus and n Iran, also c Siberia)
- Muscicapa striata sarudnyi (e Iran and Turkmenistan to the mountains of c Asia and n Pakistan)
- Muscicapa striata mongola (Mongolia and sc Siberia)
Foreign names
- Gobemouche gris,
- Papamoscas gris,
- taralhão-cinzento,
- Grauschnäpper,
- szürke légykapó,
- Grauwe Vliegenvanger,
- Pigliamosche,
- grå flugsnappare,
- Gråfluesnapper,
- muchár sivý,
- lejsek šedý,
- Grå Fluesnapper,
- harmaasieppo,
- Europese Vlieëvanger,
- papamosques gris,
- Grágrípur,
- muchołówka szara,
- pelēkais mušķērājs,
- sivi muhar,
- Серая мухоловка,
- ムナフヒタキ,
- 斑鹟,
- 斑鶲,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Sources of information
- Revue Journal of avian biology, N° 46, J.-M. Pons , J.-C. Thibault , R. Aym í , M. Grussu , J. Muntaner , G. Olioso , J. R. Sunyer , M. Touihri and J. Fuchs
- HBW Alive,
- Nouvel inventaire des oiseaux de France, Philippe J. Dubois, Pierre Le Maréchal, Georges Olioso, Pierre Yésou
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes