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Sapphire flycatcher

Ficedula sapphira (Blyth, 1843)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 7.5 g to 7.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)
Photo: Umeshsrinivasan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sapphire flycatcher

Weight
7.5 g – 7.8 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
4src 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

Photos of the sapphire flycatcher

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Sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)
Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the sapphire flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the sapphire flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Sapphire flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sapphire_flycatcher&oldid=1315360437), 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 sapphire flycatcher endangered?

The sapphire 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 sapphire flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusFicedula
  7. SpeciesFicedula sapphira (Blyth, 1843)

Synonyms Muscicapa sapphira, Muscicapula sapphira

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • papamosques safirCatalan
  • lejsek safírovýCzech
  • gwybedog pen saffirWelsh
  • Safirblå FluesnapperDanish
  • SaphirschnäpperGerman
  • SaphirfliegenschnäpperGerman
  • safira muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas zafiroSpanish
  • safiirisieppoFinnish
  • Gobemouche saphirFrench
  • Piquemouche saphirFrench
  • safirna muharicaCroatian
  • Pigliamosche zaffiroItalian
  • サファイアヒタキJapanese
  • サファイヤヒタキJapanese
  • mėlynoji margoji musinukėLithuanian
  • safīra mušķērājsLatvian
  • नीलमणि अर्जुनकNepali
  • SaffiervliegenvangerDutch
  • safirfluesnapperNorwegian
  • muchołówka szafirowaPolish
  • papa-moscas-safiraPortuguese
  • Сапфировая мухоловкаRussian
  • muchárik zafírovýSlovak
  • safirflugsnappareSwedish
  • นกจับแมลงหัวสีฟ้าThai
  • Safir SinekkapanTurkish
  • мухоловка сапфіроваUkrainian
  • 玉头姬鹟Chinese
  • 玉頭姬鶲Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the sapphire flycatcher

Other species in the same genus Ficedula.

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Common questions

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How big is the sapphire flycatcher?

An adult sapphire flycatcher weighs 7.5 g – 7.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sapphire flycatcher endangered?

The sapphire 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 sapphire flycatcher?

The sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sapphire-flycatcher

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BibTeX
@misc{sapphire_flycatcher_2026,
  title = {Sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sapphire-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}