Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusFicedula (Ficedula Flycatchers)
- SpeciesFicedula albicilla (Taiga Flycatcher)
The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white. The breast is buffish with underparts mostly white. The male has ear coverts and sides of the neck blue-tinged grey with breeding males having orange-red coloration on the throats. Unlike the taiga flycatcher, the female of the similar red-breasted flycatcher has a brown tail while the red colour in breeding males extends to the breast in the red-breasted flycatcher. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Taiga Flycatcher sighting in Mudumalai National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Mudumalai National Park
Kashmir Flycatcher
Ficedula subrubra
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Ficedula nigrorufa
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis tickelliae
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Indian Robin
Saxicoloides fulicatus
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa latirostris
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus horsfieldii
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa muttui
Indian Blue Robin
Luscinia brunnea
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Taiga Flycatcher in Mudumalai National Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Taiga Flycatcher sighting in Mudumalai National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Taiga Flycatcher in Mudumalai National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Taiga Flycatcher in Mudumalai National Park in our monthly data.