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Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva (Bechstein, 1792)
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 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. The red-breasted flycatcher is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher, which has a different migration route (wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa), is scarce. It forms a superspecies with the closely related taiga flycatcher and Kashmir flycatcher and can be distinguished from the former by its different song, warmer-toned plumage and the more extensive orange throat patch.
Wikipedia contributors, Red-breasted flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:58:13.260339+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ficedula parva (Bechstein, 1792)
- Name authority
- (Bechstein, 1792)
- Common name
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Ficedula
- 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
- genusFicedula Brisson, 1760
- speciesFicedula parva (Bechstein, 1792)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ficedula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenae (W. Blasius, 1888) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufa (Jerdon, 1839) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-throated FlycatcherFicedula rufigula (Wallace, 1865) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ficedula riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumba FlycatcherFicedula harterti (Siebers, 1928) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Damar FlycatcherFicedula henrici (Hartert, 1899) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina (Temminck, 1836) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula crypta (Vaurie, 1951) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoria (Wallace, 1864) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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=178675 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:6HWGB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.