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Tanimbar flycatcher

Ficedula riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The tanimbar flycatcher (Ficedula riedeli) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.4 g to 9.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

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Quick facts about the tanimbar flycatcher

Weight
9.4 g – 9.7 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tanimbar flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the tanimbar flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Tanimbar flycatcher (Ficedula riedeli) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found on the Tanimbar Islands (Larat and Yamdena). Its habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the rufous-chested flycatcher.

From the Wikipedia article “Tanimbar flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanimbar_flycatcher&oldid=1344539978), 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 tanimbar flycatcher endangered?

The tanimbar flycatcher is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species.

How is the tanimbar flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusFicedula
  7. SpeciesFicedula riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886)

Synonyms Erythromyias riedeli, Ficedula dumetoria riedeli

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Tanimbar FluesnapperDanish
  • YamdenaschnäpperGerman
  • tanimbara muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas de las TanimbarSpanish
  • tanimbarinkirjosieppoFinnish
  • Gobemouche des TanimbarFrench
  • Piquemouche des TanimbarFrench
  • tanimbarska muharicaCroatian
  • Sikatan dada-merahIndonesian
  • タニバルヒタキJapanese
  • タニンバルヒタキJapanese
  • YamdenavliegenvangerDutch
  • muchołówka tanimbarskaPolish
  • papa-moscas-das-tanimbarPortuguese
  • Танимбарская мухоловкаRussian
  • muchárik tanimbarskýSlovak
  • Muharica sa Tanimbarskih ostrvaSerbian
  • tanimbarflugsnappareSwedish
  • Tanimbar SinekkapanıTurkish
  • мухоловка танімбарськаUkrainian
  • 塔岛姬鹟Chinese
  • 塔尼巴姬鶲Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the tanimbar 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 tanimbar flycatcher?

An adult tanimbar flycatcher weighs 9.4 g – 9.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tanimbar flycatcher endangered?

The tanimbar flycatcher is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the tanimbar flycatcher?

The tanimbar flycatcher (Ficedula riedeli) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{tanimbar_flycatcher_2026,
  title = {Tanimbar flycatcher (Ficedula riedeli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tanimbar-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}