Furtive flycatcher
Ficedula disposita (Ripley & J. T. Marshall Jr, 1967)
The furtive flycatcher (Ficedula disposita) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 12.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the furtive flycatcher
- Weight
- 12.1 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
- 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
- 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 furtive flycatcher live?
Not recorded
What is the furtive flycatcher?
The furtive flycatcher (Ficedula disposita) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests.
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Is the furtive flycatcher endangered?
The furtive 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. What the categories mean.
How is the furtive flycatcher classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusFicedula
- SpeciesFicedula disposita (Ripley & J. T. Marshall Jr, 1967)
Synonyms Ficedula bonthaina disposita, Ficedula crypta disposita, Muscicapa bonthaina disposita
Other names and names in other languages (26)
- papamosques furtiuCatalan
- lejsek podhorníCzech
- BjergfluesnapperDanish
- LuzonschnäpperGerman
- LuzongrundschnäpperGerman
- luzona muŝkaptuloEsperanto
- Papamoscas furtivoSpanish
- luzoninsieppoFinnish
- Gobemouche furtifFrench
- Piquemouche furtifFrench
- maslinastoprsa muharicaCroatian
- Pigliamosche furtivoItalian
- ミヤマチャイロヒタキJapanese
- margoji musinukė pasalūnėLithuanian
- LuzonvliegenvangerDutch
- luzonfluesnapperNorwegian
- muchołówka luzońskaPolish
- papa-moscas-furtivoPortuguese
- Скрытная мухоловкаRussian
- muchárik bambusovýSlovak
- BergsflugsnappareSwedish
- luzonflugsnappareSwedish
- Sinsi SinekkapanTurkish
- мухоловка лусонськаUkrainian
- 隐姬鹟Chinese
- 隱密姬鶲Chinese
Relatives of the furtive 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
CompareFurtive flycatcher vs Red-breasted flycatcherFurtive flycatcher vs European pied flycatcherFurtive flycatcher vs Collared flycatcherFurtive flycatcher vs Semicollared flycatcher
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the furtive flycatcher?
An adult furtive flycatcher weighs 12.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the furtive flycatcher endangered?
The furtive 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 furtive flycatcher?
The furtive flycatcher (Ficedula disposita) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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