Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

Silhouette: Rachael Joakim · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Namdapha National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

351 Verified sightings at Namdapha National Park From 2019 to 2026
2,541 In all 11 parks
January Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

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: Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:35

Malaysia · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1104284 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:27

China · 2023

© Dave GUO · XC894194 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:26

Malaysia · 2020

© Jani Sleutel · XC534785 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~30%
3 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
4 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
6 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
8 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
9 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
~10%
2 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
3 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Snowy-browed Flycatcher in Namdapha National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-browed Flycatcher sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 351 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 298 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Snowy-browed Flycatcher in Namdapha National Park?

January and March

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-browed Flycatcher in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. June to September have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Snowy-browed Flycatcher?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Snowy-browed Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Namdapha National Park the best place to see a Snowy-browed Flycatcher?

4th of 11

Of the 11 parks where we can rate Snowy-browed Flycatcher sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 40%), Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 30%) and Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Snowy-browed Flycatcher live in Namdapha National Park?

Same genus: Ficedula

The closest relatives of the Snowy-browed Flycatcher that you can see in Namdapha National Park (genus Ficedula, Ficedula Flycatchers) are Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher (about 20%), Sapphire Flycatcher (about 10%) and Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Snowy-browed Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Snowy-browed Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Namdapha National Park (351 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.

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