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Green-backed flycatcher

Ficedula elisae (Weigold, 1922)

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The green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 13.1 g to 14.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
Photo: Brendan Ryan from Canterbury, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the green-backed flycatcher

Weight
13.1 g – 14.1 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
3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the green-backed flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the green-backed flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae, which contains the Old World flycatchers. It was long considered to be a subspecies of the narcissus flycatcher, but morphological and acoustical differences between the two indicate they are instead separate species. It breeds in northeastern China and winters in southeast Asia.

"F. beijingnica", proposed as a separate species called Beijing flycatcher or Peking flycatcher, is now considered by experts to be the first-summer male of this species and thus no longer a valid taxon.

From the Wikipedia article “Green-backed flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green-backed_flycatcher&oldid=1331582253), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the green-backed flycatcher endangered?

The green-backed flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 green-backed flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusFicedula
  7. SpeciesFicedula elisae (Weigold, 1922)

Synonyms Ficedula elisae elisae, Ficedula narcissina elisae, Muscicapa elisae

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • lejsek pekinskýCzech
  • Kinesisk FluesnapperDanish
  • ChinaschnäpperGerman
  • ChinafliegenschnäpperGerman
  • Chinesicher FliegenschnäpperGerman
  • GrünrückenfliegenschnäpperGerman
  • GrünrückenschnäpperGerman
  • verdadorsa muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas de ChinaSpanish
  • Papamoscas de EliseSpanish
  • Gobemouche à dos vertFrench
  • Piquemouche à dos vertFrench
  • Cuilire droimghlasIrish
  • zelenoleđa muharicaCroatian
  • Pigliamosche del BeijingItalian
  • キムネビタキJapanese
  • チャイニーズヒタキJapanese
  • 북방황금새Korean
  • Ķīnas mušķērājsLatvian
  • GroenrugvliegenvangerDutch
  • mingfluesnapperNorwegian
  • muchołówka zielonawaPolish
  • papa-moscas-de-dorso-verdePortuguese
  • Китайская мухоловкаRussian
  • muchárik zelenochrbtýSlovak
  • shanxiflugsnappareSwedish
  • kinesisk narcissflugsnappareSwedish
  • นกจับแมลงหลังเขียวThai
  • นกจับแมลงหลังสีเขียวThai
  • Yeşil Sırtlı SinekkapanTurkish
  • мухоловка зеленоспиннаUkrainian
  • 綠背姬鶲Chinese
  • 绿背姬鹟Chinese

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Relatives of the green-backed flycatcher

Other species in the same genus Ficedula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the green-backed flycatcher?

An adult green-backed flycatcher weighs 13.1 g – 14.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the green-backed flycatcher endangered?

The green-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 green-backed flycatcher?

The green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{green_backed_flycatcher_2026,
  title = {Green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-backed-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}