Ficedula parva
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%
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.
The red-breasted flycatcher is one of about 30 species placed in the flycatcher genus Ficedula, along with other European species such as the collared flycatcher and the more widely distributed European pied flycatcher. The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760, with Ficedula being the Latin name for a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 10 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 11 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 15 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Flycatcher sighting in Białowieża National Park on a given day, based on 248 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 182 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Flycatcher in Białowieża National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and September, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-breasted Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
3rd of 15
Of the 15 parks where we can rate Red-breasted Flycatcher sightings, Białowieża National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Keoladeo National Park (India, about 30%) and Bandhavgarh National Park (India, about 20%).
Same genus: Ficedula
The closest relatives of the Red-breasted Flycatcher that you can see in Białowieża National Park (genus Ficedula, Ficedula Flycatchers) are Collared Flycatcher (about 40%) and European Pied Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-breasted Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Białowieża National Park (248 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
