Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) - BirdLife species factsheet

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Low
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Extent of occurrence (EOO)

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	30,600,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	20,600,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

Population and trend

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	54000000-83999999	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	Decreasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-

Population justification: In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 14,900,000-22,700,000 pairs, which equates to 29,700,000-45,500,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms c.55% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 54,000,000-83,000,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed.

Trend justification: The population is declining in North and Central Europe owing to habitat conversion, cooler summers, and decreasing insect populations caused by pollution and insecticides. In Europe, trends between 1980 and 2013 show that populations have undergone a moderate decline (EBCC 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Afghanistan	N	Extant	Yes
Albania	N	Extant	Yes
Algeria	N	Extant
Andorra	N	Extant	Yes
Angola	N	Extant
Armenia	N	Extant	Yes
Austria	N	Extant	Yes
Azerbaijan	N	Extant	Yes
Bahrain	N	Extant			Yes
Belarus	N	Extant	Yes
Belgium	N	Extant	Yes
Benin	V	Extant
Bosnia and Herzegovina	N	Extant	Yes
Botswana	N	Extant
Bulgaria	N	Extant	Yes
Burkina Faso	N	Extant
Burundi	N	Extant
Cameroon	N	Extant
Cape Verde	V	Extant
Central African Republic	N	Extant
Chad	N	Extant
China (mainland)	N	Extant	Yes
Comoros	V	Extant
Congo	N	Extant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant
Croatia	N	Extant	Yes
Cyprus	N	Extant	Yes
Czechia	N	Extant	Yes
Denmark	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Djibouti	N	Extant
Egypt	N	Extant
Equatorial Guinea	N	Extant
Eritrea	N	Extant
Estonia	N	Extant	Yes
Eswatini	N	Extant
Ethiopia	N	Extant
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	N	Extant
Finland	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
France	N	Extant	Yes
Gabon	N	Extant
Gambia	N	Extant
Georgia	N	Extant	Yes
Germany	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Ghana	N	Extant
Gibraltar (to UK)	N	Extant
Greece	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Guinea	N	Extant
Guinea-Bissau	N	Extant
Hungary	N	Extant	Yes
Iceland	V	Extant
Iran, Islamic Republic of	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Iraq	N	Extant			Yes
Ireland	N	Extant	Yes
Israel	N	Extant	Yes
Italy	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Jordan	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Kazakhstan	N	Extant	Yes
Kenya	N	Extant
Kuwait	N	Extant			Yes
Kyrgyzstan	N	Extant	Yes
Latvia	N	Extant	Yes
Lebanon	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Lesotho	N	Extant
Liberia	N	Extant
Libya	N	Extant
Liechtenstein	N	Extant	Yes
Lithuania	N	Extant	Yes
Luxembourg	N	Extant	Yes
Malawi	N	Extant
Mali	N	Extant
Malta	N	Extant	Yes
Mauritania	N	Extant
Moldova	N	Extant	Yes
Mongolia	N	Extant	Yes
Montenegro	N	Extant	Yes
Morocco	N	Extant
Mozambique	N	Extant
Namibia	N	Extant
Netherlands	N	Extant	Yes
Niger	N	Extant
Nigeria	N	Extant
North Macedonia	N	Extant	Yes
Norway	N	Extant	Yes
Oman	N	Extant			Yes
Palestinian Authority Territories	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Poland	N	Extant	Yes
Portugal	N	Extant	Yes
Qatar	N	Extant			Yes
Romania	N	Extant	Yes
Russia	N	Extant	Yes
Russia (Asian)	N	Extant	Yes
Russia (Central Asian)	N	Extant	Yes
Russia (European)	N	Extant	Yes
Rwanda	N	Extant
São Tomé e Príncipe	N	Extant
Saudi Arabia	N	Extant			Yes
Senegal	N	Extant
Serbia	N	Extant	Yes
Seychelles	V	Extant
Sierra Leone	N	Extant
Slovakia	N	Extant	Yes
Slovenia	N	Extant	Yes
Somalia	N	Extant
South Africa	N	Extant
South Sudan	N	Extant			Yes
Spain	N	Extant	Yes
Sri Lanka	V	Extant		Yes
Sudan	N	Extant
Sweden	N	Extant	Yes
Switzerland	N	Extant	Yes
Syria	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Tajikistan	N	Extant	Yes
Tanzania	N	Extant
Togo	N	Extant
Tunisia	N	Extant
Turkey	N	Extant	Yes
Turkmenistan	N	Extant	Yes
Uganda	N	Extant
Ukraine	N	Extant	Yes
United Arab Emirates	N	Extant			Yes
United Kingdom	N	Extant	Yes
USA	V	Extant
Uzbekistan	N	Extant	Yes
Western Sahara	N	Extant	Yes
Yemen	N	Extant			Yes
Zambia	N	Extant
Zimbabwe	N	Extant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Austria	Niederösterreichische Randalpen
Finland	Kemihaara (Vuotos) mires and forests
Finland	Lemmenjoki-Hammastunturi-Pulju
Finland	Litokaira
Finland	Närängänvaara-Virmajoki-Romevaara
Finland	Pallas and Ylläs fjelds
Finland	Pomokaira-Koitelaiskaira
Finland	Riisitunturi
Finland	Saariselkä and Koilliskaira
Finland	Syöte-Salmitunturi
Russia (European)	Buzulukski forest
Russia (European)	Lapland Biosphere Reserve
Russia (European)	Racheyski forest
Ukraine	Samars'kyj forest

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Food - human	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Muscicapa striata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2020. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2020) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2020.