Ficedula parva
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Flycatcher sighting in Vasai-Virar on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 113th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Flycatcher in Vasai-Virar on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months. Those are among Vasai-Virar's driest months, with almost no rain against 840 mm in July.
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.
29th of 64
Of the 64 cities where we can rate Red-breasted Flycatcher sightings, Vasai-Virar ranks 29th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 30%), Mashhad (Iran, about 20%) and Gwalior (India, about 20%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Red-breasted Flycatcher that you can see in Vasai-Virar (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Siberian Stonechat (about 50%), Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 50%) and Pied Bushchat (about 30%), 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 Vasai-Virar (82 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.
