Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)

≈13 cmLength16 gWeight

This small gray-brown flycatcher has dense gray streaks on the breast and flanks, and waits in open places for insects to fly past.

Busiest months: May and October · Most records: China, Philippines, South Korea

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Gray-brown upperparts and white underparts
Conspicuous gray stripes on breast and flanks
A single narrow white wing-bar and a pale patch between bill and eye
Large eyes, white eye-ring, and black bill, legs and feet

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in appearance; juvenile has white patches and dark scaling on the upperparts.

Where and when it's recorded

Grey-streaked Flycatcher has been recorded at 609 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 12 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Po ToiHong Kong (China)527 records
Matsu – Dongyin Vegetable FarmChina503 records
Nanhui DongtanChina351 records

More places

Subic Bay – Nabasan TrailPhilippines297 records
Matsu – DongyinChina285 records
Yeliu IBATaiwan (China)216 records
Taipei – Taipei Botanical GardenTaiwan (China)205 records
Yilan – Dingliao Ecological ParkTaiwan (China)203 records
Subic Bay – Hill 394 roadPhilippines200 records
Kenting NP – Sheding Lingxiao Pavilion (Raptors Observation Spot)Taiwan (China)195 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Philippines South Korea Japan Indonesia Malaysia United States Russia

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 grey-streaked flycatcher or grey-spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) is a small passerine bird breeding in the eastern Palearctic belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861.

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