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Sumba flycatcher

Ficedula harterti (Siebers, 1928)

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The sumba flycatcher (Ficedula harterti) 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 sumba 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

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Where does the sumba flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the sumba flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Sumba flycatcher (Ficedula harterti) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is endemic to Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Sumba flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumba_flycatcher&oldid=1376982474), 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 sumba flycatcher endangered?

The sumba 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.

How is the sumba flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusFicedula
  7. SpeciesFicedula harterti (Siebers, 1928)

Synonyms Erythromyias harterti

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Sumba blue flycatcherEnglish
  • Sumba blue flycatcherEnglish
  • papamosques de HartertCatalan
  • lejsek rezavobokýCzech
  • gwybedog HartertWelsh
  • Sumba FluesnapperDanish
  • HartertschnäpperGerman
  • Hartert-GrundschnäpperGerman
  • HartertfliegenschnäpperGerman
  • HartertgrundschnäpperGerman
  • SumbagrundschnäpperGerman
  • harterta muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas de HartertSpanish
  • sumbansieppoFinnish
  • Gobemouche de HartertFrench
  • Piquemouche de HartertFrench
  • bjelotrba muharicaCroatian
  • Sikatan sumbaIndonesian
  • Pigliamosche di SumbaItalian
  • スンバヒタキJapanese
  • Harterto margoji musinukėLithuanian
  • Harterts VliegenvangerDutch
  • muchołówka brązowaPolish
  • papa-moscas-de-hartertPortuguese
  • papa-moscas-claro-de-sumbaPortuguese
  • Мухоловка ХартертаRussian
  • Скромная мухоловкаRussian
  • muchárik bronzovýSlovak
  • sumbaflugsnappareSwedish
  • hartertflugsnappareSwedish
  • Harterts flugsnappareSwedish
  • Sumba SinekkapanıTurkish
  • мухоловка бронзоваUkrainian
  • 哈氏姬鹟Chinese
  • 哈特氏姬鶲Chinese

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Relatives of the sumba 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 sumba flycatcher?

An adult sumba flycatcher weighs 12.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sumba flycatcher endangered?

The sumba 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 sumba flycatcher?

The sumba flycatcher (Ficedula harterti) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sumba flycatcher (Ficedula harterti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumba-flycatcher

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BibTeX
@misc{sumba_flycatcher_2026,
  title = {Sumba flycatcher (Ficedula harterti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumba-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}