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Sigelus silens
Sigelus silens · Family Muscicapidae
Family Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 190,120
- Countries and territories with records
- 10
About this species
This species has 190,120 occurrence records from 10 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). South Africa accounts for 99.7% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.48% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sigelus silens combines the genus name Sigelus with the species epithet silens. It is the only species of the genus Sigelus in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 1.6 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.