Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Ficedula hyperythra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats)
- GenusFicedula (Ficedula Flycatchers)
- SpeciesFicedula hyperythra (Snowy-browed Flycatcher)
About the Snowy-browed Flycatcher
The snowy-browed flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Fourteen subspecies are recognised: F. h. hyperythra (Blyth, 1843) – central Himalayas to central south China, north, central Indochina, north Thailand and Myanmar F. h. annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) – central south Vietnam
F. h. innexa (Swinhoe, 1866) – Taiwan F. h. sumatrana (Hachisuka, 1926) – montane Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and north Borneo F. h. mjobergi (Hartert, EJO, 1925) – montane northwest Borneo F. h. vulcani (Robinson, 1918) – montane Java, Bali and Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores (west, central Lesser Sunda Islands)
F. h. clarae (Mayr, 1944) – montane Timor and Wetar (east Lesser Sunda Islands) F. h. audacis (Hartert, EJO, 1906) – Babar Islands (far east Lesser Sunda Islands) F. h. annalisa (Stresemann, 1931) – montane north Sulawesi
F. h. jugosae (Riley, 1921) – montane central, southeast, south Sulawesi F. h. betinabiru Rheindt, Prawiradilaga & Ashari & Suparno, 2020 – Taliabu (Sula Islands, east of Sulawesi) F. h. negroides (Stresemann, 1914) – Seram (central east Moluccas)
F. h. pallidipectus (Hartert, EJO, 1903) – Bacan Islands (south of Halmahera, north Moluccas) F. h. alifura (Stresemann, 1912) – Buru (central west Moluccas) F. h. daggayana (Meyer de Schauensee & duPont, 1962) – Daggayan and Civoleg, Gingoog City Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Manas National Park
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
Little Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula westermanni
Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher
Ficedula hodgsoni
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
Ficedula tricolor
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Ficedula superciliaris
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
Ficedula strophiata
Sapphire Flycatcher
Ficedula sapphira
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis poliogenys
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
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 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 8 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Khangchendzonga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Snowy-browed Flycatcher in Manas National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-browed Flycatcher sighting in Manas National Park, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Snowy-browed Flycatcher in Manas National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Snowy-browed Flycatcher in Manas National Park in our monthly data.