---
title: "Rußfliegenschnäpper"
description: "Muscicapa sibirica — Vögel. The dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dark-sided-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rußfliegenschnäpper

> Muscicapa sibirica — Vögel. The dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Muscicapa sibirica*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 2423
- Wikidata: [Q73578](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73578)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12987](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12987)

## Names

- en: Dark-sided Flycatcher
- de: Rußfliegenschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas Siberiano
- fr: Gobemouche de Sibérie
- pl: Muchołówka śniada

## Countries with the most observations

CN (386), TH (255), RU (199), IN (190), HK (177), MY (153), SG (121), US (56), TW (36), KR (34), ID (33), VN (22)

## Summary

The dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a wide breeding distribution in the East Palearctic with northern birds migrating south for the winter. It is also known as the Siberian flycatcher or sooty flycatcher, the latter name is also used for the sooty flycatcher (Artomyias infuscata) of Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-sided_flycatcher

## Photo

![Rußfliegenschnäpper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-sided-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314889530

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-sided-flycatcher?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).