Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to see it
Destination guides featuring this bird
Range and habitat
Breeds eastern France to Balkans and Ukraine; winters in tropical and southern Africa.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Austria
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Palestine
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Vatican City
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Collared flycatcher
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
