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title: "European Pied Flycatcher"
description: "Ficedula hypoleuca — Vogels. The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/european-pied-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# European Pied Flycatcher

> Ficedula hypoleuca — Vogels. The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Ficedula hypoleuca*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 32916
- Wikidata: [Q27442](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27442)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204512](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204512)

## Names

- en: European Pied Flycatcher
- de: Trauerschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas cerrojillo
- fr: Gobemouche noir
- pt: Papa-moscas-preto
- pl: Muchołówka żałobna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (11114), ES (4149), FR (2569), PT (1895), FI (1714), IT (1646), DE (1353), GB (660), SE (545), CH (377), AT (354), UA (329)

## Summary

The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridises to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and across the Western Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.  It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees.
This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in…

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

## Photo

![European Pied Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-pied-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: kate wakelam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75530242

## Machine access

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