Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus (Rüppell, 1840)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 22.5 g.
Quick facts about the silverbird
- Weight
- 22.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the silverbird live?
Not recorded
What is the silverbird?
The silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) is an Old World flycatcher native to Eastern Africa, from Sudan to Tanzania. The species is the only member of the genus Empidornis, although it is sometimes placed in the genus Melaenornis .
From the Wikipedia article “Silverbird (bird)” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silverbird_%28bird%29&oldid=1373474841), 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 silverbird endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the silverbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusEmpidornis
- SpeciesEmpidornis semipartitus (Rüppell, 1840)
Synonyms Bradornis semipartitus, Bradyornis kavirondensis, Empidornis semipartitus kavirondensis, Empidornis semipartitus orleansi, Empidornis semipartitus semipartitus, Melaenornis semipartitus, Muscicapa semipartita
Other names and names in other languages (27)
- papamosques argentatCatalan
- lejsek stříbrnýCzech
- lejsek stříbronýCzech
- FluesnapperDanish
- Sølvrygget FluesnapperDanish
- SilberschnäpperGerman
- arĝenta muŝkaptuloEsperanto
- Papamoscas plateadoSpanish
- punasavannisieppoFinnish
- Gobemouche argentéFrench
- Gobemouche bicoloreFrench
- srebrnastoleđa muharicaCroatian
- Uccello d'argentoItalian
- L'uccello d'argentoItalian
- ギンビタキJapanese
- sidabrinė musinukėLithuanian
- ZilvervliegenvangerDutch
- sølvfluesnapperNorwegian
- mucharka srebrnaPolish
- papa-moscas-prateadoPortuguese
- Серебристая мухоловкаRussian
- muchár sivochrbtýSlovak
- silverflugsnappareSwedish
- Gümüş SinekkapanTurkish
- мухарка сріблистаUkrainian
- 银鹟Chinese
- 銀蚊鶲Chinese
Relatives of the silverbird
Other species in the same family Muscicapidae.
European robin
Erithacus rubecula
Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Common redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Northern wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Black redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
CompareSilverbird vs European robinSilverbird vs Common nightingaleSilverbird vs BluethroatSilverbird vs Common redstart
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the silverbird?
An adult silverbird weighs 22.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the silverbird?
The silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) 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 - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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