Semicollared Flycatcher
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Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies

Semicollared Flycatcher

Ficedula semitorquata

LCLeast Concern
Family
Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The semicollared flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) 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 montane forests of the southeastern corner of Europe (Balkan Peninsula) to Northwest Iran. It is migratory, wintering in Central and Eastern Africa. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Breeds montane forest of Balkan Peninsula to northwestern Iran; winters in eastern Africa.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.