European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764)

12–14 cmLength22 cmWingspan14 gWeight

During the breeding season, the male has mostly black upperparts, white underparts, and large white wing patches.

Busiest months: September · Most records: Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Male has mostly black upperparts and white underparts during the breeding season
Male has large white wing patches during the breeding season
Male has white tail sides and a small white forehead patch during the breeding season
Black bill, broad and pointed

Male, female and young

In non-breeding-season males, females, and juveniles, the black is replaced by pale brown.

Voice

Contact and alarm calls are short whistles, “whit, whit, whit”.

Where and when it's recorded

European Pied Flycatcher has been recorded at 1,087 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 83 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Txingudi – PlaiaundiSpain1,060 records
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina – CabranosaPortugal984 records
Spurn Bird Observatory Recording AreaUnited Kingdom700 records

More places

St Mary'sUnited Kingdom595 records
St AgnesUnited Kingdom542 records
Parque El Retiro-MadridSpain527 records
Zamora – Río DueroSpain477 records
ErtholmeneDenmark462 records
Barrinha de EsmorizPortugal437 records
Antikythira Bird ObservatoryGreece408 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Spain Portugal United Kingdom Finland France Sweden Ghana Italy

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and across the Western Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.

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