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European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

18,794Records since 2000
MayPeak month
98Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb6
Mar16
Apr2,837
May5,308
Jun1,620
Jul319
Aug3,119
Sep4,265
Oct985
Nov5
Dec6

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England2,092
2East Riding of Yorkshire England1,834
3Shetland Islands —1,179
4Norfolk England947
5Isles of Scilly England933
6Cumbria England720
7North Yorkshire England600
8Gloucestershire England506
9Powys Wales454
10Suffolk England416
11Gwynedd Wales389
12Kent England364
13Cornwall England358
14Cambridgeshire England337
15Dorset England308
14,471 England2,339 Scotland1,980 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,794
Peak month
May
Counties with records
98
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ficedula hypoleuca
Also known as
Pied Flycatcher
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
34,602
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Ficedula
Name with authority
Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764)
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27442 · GBIF 2492606