Collared Flycatcher
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Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Wadden Sea National Park
1 Verified records at Wadden Sea National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers. It breeds in southeast Europe (isolated populations are present in the islands of Gotland and Öland in the Baltic Sea, Sweden) and Eastern France to the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine and is migratory, wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe. This is a 12–13.5 cm long bird. The breeding male is mainly black above and white below, with a white collar, large white wing patch, black tail (although some males have white tail sides) and a large white forehead patch. It has a pale rump. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Wadden Sea National Park

European Pied Flycatcher
LC

European Pied Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ficedula hypoleuca

<5% · Rare
Red-breasted Flycatcher
LC

Red-breasted Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula parva

<5% · Rare
Taiga Flycatcher
LC

Taiga Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula albicilla

<5% · Rare
European Robin
LC

European Robin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Erithacus rubecula

40–50% · Likely
European Stonechat

European Stonechat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saxicola rubicola

10–20% · With luck
Northern Wheatear
LC

Northern Wheatear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oenanthe oenanthe

10–20% · With luck
Black Redstart
LC

Black Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus ochruros

5–10% · With luck
Bluethroat
LC Endemic

Bluethroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Luscinia svecica

5–10% · With luck
Common Redstart
LC

Common Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

5–10% · With luck
Spotted Flycatcher
LC

Spotted Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Muscicapa striata

5–10% · Rare
Whinchat
LC

Whinchat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saxicola rubetra

<5% · Rare
Common Nightingale
LC

Common Nightingale

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Luscinia megarhynchos

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Collared Flycatcher at Wadden Sea National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
30–40%
2 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
3 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
4 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
5 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
6 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
7 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
8 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
9 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
Insufficient data
10 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
11 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
12 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Insufficient data
13 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
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