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Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata · Family Muscicapidae
Muscicapa striata
Family Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,374,683
- Countries and territories with records
- 144
About this species
This species has 1,374,683 occurrence records from 144 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (20.2%), Finland (11.6%), Spain (10.2%), the United Kingdom (7%) and France (6.4%); together they account for 55.4% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.27% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Muscicapa striata combines the genus name Muscicapa with the species epithet striata. The Warbla app catalog lists 14 species of the genus Muscicapa; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Muscicapa dauurica, Muscicapa adusta and Muscicapa sibirica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 11.7 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.