Pied Flycatcher

Unnoticed biodiversity

Identification

Common name: Pied Flycatcher
Latin name: Ficedula hypoleuca
Length: 13 cm
Distinguishing features: males have a black head and upper parts and white underparts; females have brown upper parts and off-white underparts.
Habitat: hedged countryside and woodland
Diet: insects
Status: heritage and remarkable species, Endangered in the Ile-de-France region
Nesting period: May to July

Seen in the garden

This migratory bird stops off in the wooded areas of the garden from August to October to rest and feed, before continuing its route to Africa.

Pied Flycatcher - migration calls and mating song

Audio

1 min.

Did you know?

Global warming has impacted the date of emergence of some of the butterflies that are part of the diet of juvenile Flycatchers.
This impact and its consequences are put forward as a hypothesis to explain the decline in the population that has been seen since the 1980s in France and Europe.

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