Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis (Temminck, 1815)

Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis, is a passerine of the Palearctic, breeding from central and south-central Europe through western Russia and wintering in south-central Africa. It belongs to the Old World flycatcher family and is found in deciduous woodland, parks and gardens, especially where old trees provide cavities for nesting. Its breeding male is chiefly black and white, with a white collar, a broad white wing patch and a white forehead patch, while some males also show white on the tail sides. The bill is black and shaped for catching insects in the air.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Palearctic: c, sc Europe through w Russia

Nonbreeding range

sc AF