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title: "Fiscal Flycatcher"
description: "Sigelus silens — Vogels. The fiscal flycatcher (Sigelus silens) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/fiscal-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fiscal Flycatcher

> Sigelus silens — Vogels. The fiscal flycatcher (Sigelus silens) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Sigelus silens*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 6088
- Wikidata: [Q785807](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q785807)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13251](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13251)

## Names

- en: Fiscal Flycatcher
- de: Würgerschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas fiscal
- fr: Gobemouche fiscal

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (5950), LS (7)

## Summary

The fiscal flycatcher (Sigelus silens) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the only species placed in the genus Sigelus. It is a resident breeder in Botswana, South Africa,  Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland, and a vagrant to Namibia.
This species is found in subtropical open woodland, dry savanna, shrubland and suburban gardens.

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

## Photo

![Fiscal Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fiscal-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tim Kirsten · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149184778

## Machine access

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