Spotted Flycatcher

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Flycatcher in Camargue?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Flycatcher sighting in Camargue, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Spotted Flycatcher in Camargue?

May has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Flycatcher in Camargue in our monthly data.

Muscicapa striata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyMuscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats)
GenusMuscicapa (Muscicapa Flycatchers)
SpeciesMuscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher)

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

at Camargue

38 Verified sightings at Camargue From 2019 to 2026

10,265 Verified sightings across all 81 parks From 2019 to 2026

May Best month highest sighting rate

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Spotted Flycatcher

The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range.

This is an undistinguished looking bird with long wings and tail. The adults have grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts, with a streaked crown and breast, giving rise to the bird's common name. The legs are short and black, and the bill is black and has the broad but pointed shape typical of aerial insectivores. Juveniles are browner than adults and have spots on the upperparts.

The spotted flycatcher was described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Motacilla striata. The genus name Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch. The specific epithet striata is from the Latin striatus meaning striated.

There are five recognised subspecies all of which winter in southern Africa. The breeding range is given below. M. s. striata (Pallas, 1764) – Europe to west Siberia, northwest Africa M. s. inexpectata Dementiev, 1932 – Crimea (southern... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Camargue

Luscinia megarhynchos

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Erithacus rubecula

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Saxicola rubicola

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Phoenicurus ochruros

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ficedula hypoleuca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Oenanthe deserti

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Oenanthe oenanthe

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Saxicola rubetra

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Oenanthe isabellina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Luscinia svecica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Monticola saxatilis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~30%
2	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	~30%
3	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~30%
4	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	~30%
5	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	~30%
6	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~20%
7	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~20%
8	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~20%
9	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~20%
10	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~20%
11	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	~10%
12	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
13	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
14	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
15	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	~10%
16	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
17	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	~10%
18	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
19	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	~10%
20	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
21	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	~10%
22	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
23	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	~10%
24	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
25	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
26	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
27	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~10%
28	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	~10%
29	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
30	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
31	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~10%
32	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
33	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
34	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	~10%
35	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	~10%
36	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
37	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
38	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
39	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	~10%
40	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
41	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
42	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
43	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	~10%
44	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
45	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	~10%
46	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~10%
47	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~10%
48	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
49	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
50	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
51	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
52	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
53	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
54	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
55	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
56	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	<5%
57	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	<5%
58	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
59	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
60	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
61	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
62	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
63	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
64	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
65	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
66	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
67	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
68	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	<5%
69	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
70	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
71	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
72	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
73	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
74	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
75	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Insufficient data
76	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	Insufficient data
77	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
78	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
79	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data
80	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
81	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Flycatcher in Camargue?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Flycatcher sighting in Camargue, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Spotted Flycatcher in Camargue?

May has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Flycatcher in Camargue in our monthly data.

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Spotted Flycatcher

About the Spotted Flycatcher

Closest Relatives at Camargue

Common Nightingale

European Robin

European Stonechat

Black Redstart

European Pied Flycatcher

Desert Wheatear

Common Redstart

Northern Wheatear

Whinchat

Isabelline Wheatear

Bluethroat

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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