Ficedula albicilla
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white. The breast is buffish with underparts mostly white. The male has ear coverts and sides of the neck blue-tinged grey with breeding males having orange-red coloration on the throats. Unlike the taiga flycatcher, the female of the similar red-breasted flycatcher has a brown tail while the red colour in breeding males extends to the breast in the red-breasted flycatcher. It breeds in northern Eurasia from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia. It is a winter visitor to South and South-east Asia in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan. Its natural habitat is taiga forest. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-breasted flycatcher. The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, fig) supposed to change into the blackcap in winter. The specific name albicilla is from Latin albus, white, and Neo-Latin cilla tail; this meaning of cilla arose from a misunderstanding of motacilla, the name for the wagtail. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 10 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 15 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 17 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 18 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 19 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 22 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 23 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 24 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 25 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Taiga Flycatcher sighting in Phnom Penh on a given day, based on 297 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 154 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November–December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Taiga Flycatcher in Phnom Penh on a given day, against under 5% in May to September, the lowest months. Those are among Phnom Penh's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in June.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Taiga 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.
18th of 76
Of the 76 cities where we can rate Taiga Flycatcher sightings, Phnom Penh ranks 18th at about 10%. The best odds are in Asansol (India, about 50%), Savar (Bangladesh, about 40%) and Xiuying District (China, about 20%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Taiga Flycatcher that you can see in Phnom Penh (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 70%), Asian Brown Flycatcher (about 30%) and Pied Bushchat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Taiga Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Phnom Penh (297 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.
