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Ficedula parva · Family Muscicapidae

Ficedula parva

Family Muscicapidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
GBIF occurrence records
218,541
Countries and territories with records
99
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About this species

This species has 218,541 occurrence records from 99 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (31.3%), Sweden (30.2%), Denmark (3.6%), Estonia (3.6%) and Russia (3.4%); together they account for 72% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Ficedula parva combines the genus name Ficedula with the species epithet parva. The Warbla app catalog lists 35 species of the genus Ficedula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ficedula hypoleuca, Ficedula albicollis and Ficedula albicilla.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 18th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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