Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

43,874Records since 2000

MayPeak month

126Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6

Feb5

Mar16

Apr186

May9,507

Jun8,151

Jul5,692

Aug9,242

Sep8,229

Oct1,339

Nov20

Dec5

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Highland	Scotland	2,421
2	Norfolk	England	1,607
3	Devon	England	1,584
4	Dorset	England	1,578
5	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	1,551
6	Cambridgeshire	England	1,248
7	North Yorkshire	England	1,098
8	Isles of Scilly	England	1,069
9	Kent	England	1,040
10	Shetland Islands	—	962
11	Suffolk	England	948
12	Cornwall	England	928
13	Cumbria	England	904
14	Surrey	England	857
15	Pembrokeshire	Wales	780

33,308 England7,472 Scotland2,751 Wales304 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 43,874
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 126
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Muscicapa striata
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 47,996
Most recorded in: Highland, Norfolk, Devon, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, North Yorkshire, Isles of Scilly, Kent, Shetland Islands, Suffolk, Cornwall +64
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Muscicapa
Name with authority: Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)
Described: 1764
Contributing datasets: 40