Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva   [Bechstein, 1792]

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Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae
BTO Codes: FY, REBFL EURING No: 13430
Number in Britain: 86 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Passage Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 20 cm Weight: M/F: 10 g    
Scientific name from: L.: ficedula=a small fig-eating bird described Pliny and others and L.: parvus=little
World Distribution: BREEDS: c&ne Europe, nw Asia, WINTERS: s Asia
Habitat: Woodland, open forest
Diet: Mainly insects, occ. Fruit, mostly in trees

Records and Distribution

First Record: 1863
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Other Names

Has Included Ficedula albicilla 
Gaelic: Welsh: Gwybedog Brongoch
Danish: Lille fluesnapper Dutch: Kleine vliegenvanger
Finnish: Pikkusieppo French: Gobemouche nain
German: Zwergschnäpper Hungarian: Kis légykapó
Icelandic: Peðgrípur Irish: Cuilire Broinnrua
Italian: Pigliamosche pettirosso Norwegian: Dvergfluesnapper
Polish: Mucholówka mala Portuguese: Papa-moscas-pequeno
Spanish: Papamoscas papirrojo Swedish: Mindre flugsnappare

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