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Gray-spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The grey-streaked flycatcher or grey-spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) is a small passerine bird breeding in the eastern Palearctic belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861. It is a slender, long-winged bird with a length of 13 to 15 cm. It is mainly grey brown above and white below. The breast and flanks are heavily streaked with grey. There is a narrow white bar on the wing and a pale patch between the bill and eye. The bill and feet are black. The eye is large and there is a white eye-ring. The adult male and female are alike but juvenile birds differ in having white spots and dark scaling on the upperparts. It breeds in the vast coniferous forests in north-east China, North Korea and south-east Siberia including Sakhalin and Kamchatka. In spring and autumn it migrates through eastern and southern China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
Wikipedia contributors, Grey-streaked flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:57:49.257765+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)
- Name authority
- (Swinhoe, 1861)
- Common name
- Gray-spotted Flycatcher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Muscicapa
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
- genusMuscicapa Brisson, 1760
- speciesMuscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Muscicapa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Böhm's FlycatcherMuscicapa boehmi (Reichenow, 1884) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Muscicapa latirostris Raffles, 1822 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chapin's FlycatcherMuscicapa lendu (Chapin, 1932) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui (E. L. Layard, 1854) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-tailed FlycatcherMuscicapa ruficauda Swainson, 1838 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tessmann's FlycatcherMuscicapa tessmanni (Reichenow, 1907) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ussher's FlycatcherMuscicapa ussheri (Sharpe, 1871) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta (F. Boie, 1828) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini Heine, 1860 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky-blue FlycatcherMuscicapa comitata (Cassin, 1857) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Oceania
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=178665 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44Q5T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.