Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusMuscicapa (Muscicapa Flycatchers)
- SpeciesMuscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher)
The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range. This is an undistinguished looking bird with long wings and tail. The adults have grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts, with a streaked crown and breast, giving rise to the bird's common name. The legs are short and black, and the bill is black and has the broad but pointed shape typical of aerial insectivores. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Ashy Alseonax
Muscicapa caerulescens
Fiscal Flycatcher
Sigelus silens
Chorister Robin-Chat
Cossypha dichroa
White-starred Robin
Pogonocichla stellata
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
Capped Wheatear
Oenanthe pileata
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Tychaedon coryphoeus
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
Monticola brevipes
Cape Rockthrush
Monticola rupestris
Familiar Chat
Oenanthe familiaris
White-browed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia leucophrys
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Spotted Flycatcher at Garden Route National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there