Damar flycatcher
Ficedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)
The damar flycatcher (Ficedula henrici) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 14.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the damar flycatcher
- Weight
- 14.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the damar flycatcher live?
Not recorded
What is the damar flycatcher?
The Damar flycatcher (Ficedula henrici) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Damar Island in Indonesia.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is affected by habitat loss. Having turned out to be more common than previously believed, it is downlisted from Vulnerable to Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List.
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Is the damar flycatcher endangered?
The damar flycatcher is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.
How is the damar flycatcher classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusFicedula
- SpeciesFicedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)
Synonyms Dammeria henrici
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- Damar blue flycatcherEnglish
- Damar blue flycatcherEnglish
- papamosques de l'illa DamarCatalan
- lejsek damarskýCzech
- gwybedog DamarWelsh
- Damar FluesnapperDanish
- FleckenschnäpperGerman
- Flecken-GrundschnäpperGerman
- FleckenfliegenschnäpperGerman
- FleckengrundschnäpperGerman
- damara muŝkaptuloEsperanto
- Papamoscas de la DamarSpanish
- damarinsieppoFinnish
- Gobemouche de DamarFrench
- Piquemouche de DamarFrench
- damarska muharicaCroatian
- Sikatan damarIndonesian
- Pigliamosche di DamarItalian
- ダマールヒタキJapanese
- damarinė margoji musinukėLithuanian
- DamarvliegenvangerDutch
- muchołówka diademowaPolish
- papa-moscas-de-damarPortuguese
- Дамарская мухоловкаRussian
- Пятнистая мухоловкаRussian
- muchárik diadémovýSlovak
- damarflugsnappareSwedish
- DamaraflugsnappareSwedish
- Damar Adası SinekkapanıTurkish
- мухоловка дамарськаUkrainian
- 达岛姬鹟Chinese
- 達馬爾姬鶲Chinese
Relatives of the damar flycatcher
Other species in the same genus Ficedula.
Red-breasted flycatcher
Ficedula parva
European pied flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
Collared flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
Semicollared flycatcher
Ficedula semitorquata
Narcissus flycatcher
Ficedula narcissina
Yellow-rumped flycatcher
Ficedula zanthopygia
CompareDamar flycatcher vs Red-breasted flycatcherDamar flycatcher vs European pied flycatcherDamar flycatcher vs Collared flycatcherDamar flycatcher vs Semicollared flycatcher
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the damar flycatcher?
An adult damar flycatcher weighs 14.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the damar flycatcher endangered?
The damar flycatcher is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the damar flycatcher?
The damar flycatcher (Ficedula henrici) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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