Slaty-backed flycatcher
Ficedula erithacus (Jerdon & Blyth, 1861)
The slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 10 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the slaty-backed flycatcher
- Weight
- 10 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc 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
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the slaty-backed flycatcher live?
Not recorded
What is the slaty-backed flycatcher?
The slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
It is native to the eastern Himalayas, central China, Yunnan; it winters to northern Indochina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is omnivorous.
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Is the slaty-backed flycatcher endangered?
The slaty-backed flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- 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 Least Concern species.
How is the slaty-backed flycatcher classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusFicedula
- SpeciesFicedula erithacus (Jerdon & Blyth, 1861)
Synonyms Erythrosterna sordida, Ficedula sordida, Muscicapa amabilis, Muscicapa erwini, Siphia erithacus
Other names and names in other languages (58)
- Pygmy flycatcherEnglish
- papamosques pigmeuCatalan
- papamosques de HodgsonCatalan
- lejsek modrooranžovýCzech
- lejsek břidlicovohřbetýCzech
- gwybedog glas brongochWelsh
- DværgniltavaDanish
- Blårød FluesnapperDanish
- DwergniltavaDanish
- Indisk FluesnapperDanish
- HodgsonschnäpperGerman
- FichtenfliegenschnäpperGerman
- HodgsonfliegenschäpperGerman
- SchiefermantelschnäpperGerman
- ZwergblauschnäpperGerman
- ardezdorsa muŝkaptuloEsperanto
- Papamoscas pigmeoSpanish
- Papamoscas de HodgsonSpanish
- Papamoscas pechirrojoSpanish
- tiibetinsieppoFinnish
- kääpiösinisieppoFinnish
- Gobemouche pygméeFrench
- Gobemouche de HodgsonFrench
- Piquemouche de HodgsonFrench
- kratkokljuna muharicaCroatian
- narančastoprsa muharicaCroatian
- Sikatan kerdilIndonesian
- Pigliamosche blu pigmeoItalian
- Pigliamosche dorsoardesiaItalian
- セアオビタキJapanese
- コビトアオヒタキJapanese
- nykštukinė musinukėLithuanian
- pušinė margoji musinukėLithuanian
- tumšspārnu mušķērājsLatvian
- zilais pundurmušķērājsLatvian
- KnøttfluesnapperNorwegian Bokmål
- नीलढारे अर्जुनकNepali
- Hodgsons VliegenvangerDutch
- skiferryggfluesnapperNorwegian
- muchołówka aksamitnaPolish
- muchołówka rdzawobrzuchaPolish
- papa-moscas-pigmeuPortuguese
- papa-moscas-de-dorso-ardósiaPortuguese
- Мухоловка-крошкаRussian
- Зарянковая мухоловкаRussian
- Сосновая мухоловкаRussian
- muchárik horskýSlovak
- muchárik trpasličíSlovak
- dvärgflugsnappareSwedish
- skifferryggig flugsnappareSwedish
- นกจับแมลงสีฟ้าจิ๋วThai
- นกจับแมลงหลังสีเทาThai
- Kurşuni Sırtlı SinekkapanTurkish
- мухоловка сосноваUkrainian
- нільтава-крихіткаUkrainian
- 鏽胸姬鶲Chinese
- 鏽胸藍姬鶲Chinese
- 锈胸蓝姬鹟Chinese
Relatives of the slaty-backed 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
CompareSlaty-backed flycatcher vs Red-breasted flycatcherSlaty-backed flycatcher vs European pied flycatcherSlaty-backed flycatcher vs Collared flycatcherSlaty-backed flycatcher vs Semicollared flycatcher
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the slaty-backed flycatcher?
An adult slaty-backed flycatcher weighs 10 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the slaty-backed flycatcher endangered?
The slaty-backed flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the slaty-backed flycatcher?
The slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) 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
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