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Spotted flycatcher migration Muscicapa striata
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Press ⶠto play the year. Line: a simplified typical route, joining the main cluster of GBIF records in each month (adjusted for observer effort).
| Scientific name | Muscicapa striata |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 24 cm |
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 920,256 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q26607 (CC0).
When does the spotted flycatcher arrive in the UK?
A summer visitor in the records: sightings rise sharply from early May, are near their peak by mid May, and fall away after mid October.
Bars: this speciesâ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 46,259 UK records. Weekly counts from the GBIF occurrence search API (country=GB). Dates are read from records, not from a survey, so treat them as a guide.
When do they arrive in and leave the UK? â
Migration in the data
920,256 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In Europe and Africa, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in June (about 52°N) and furthest south in December (about 16°S).
More than half of the effort-adjusted signal there is south of the Equator in: January, February, March, November, December.
Month by month: centre of records in Europe and Africa
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 15°S | 88% |
| February | 15°S | 89% |
| March | 13°S | 86% |
| April | 28°N | 10% |
| May | 43°N | 0% |
| June | 52°N | 0% |
| July | 52°N | 0% |
| August | 48°N | 0% |
| September | 40°N | 0% |
| October | 26°N | 12% |
| November | 9°S | 76% |
| December | 16°S | 91% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the spotted flycatcher
The spotted flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range.
From the Wikipedia article âSpotted flycatcherâ (revision 1374217120), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2492576&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.