Ficedula elisae
Silhouette: Rachael Joakim · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae, which contains the Old World flycatchers. It was long considered to be a subspecies of the narcissus flycatcher, but morphological and acoustical differences between the two indicate they are instead separate species. It breeds in northeastern China and winters in southeast Asia.
"F. beijingnica", proposed as a separate species called Beijing flycatcher or Peking flycatcher, is now considered by experts to be the first-summer male of this species and thus no longer a valid taxon. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 5 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green-backed Flycatcher sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 106th most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-backed Flycatcher in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months. Those are among Guangzhou's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 330 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-backed Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Green-backed Flycatcher sightings, Guangzhou ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-backed Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Guangzhou (5 verified sightings), 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.
