Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across Central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. The breeding male is mainly muted brown above and white below, with a grey head and an orange throat. Females and immatures are similarly colored but lack the orange throat patch.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds northern Europe to southern Urals, Balkans, and southern Caspian; winters to southern Asia.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Poland
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Vietnam
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Red-breasted 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.
