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Yellow-rumped flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay, 1845)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

It is a small, migratory invertivore that lives in forest and has a perching lifestyle. Adults typically weigh about 12.1 g, and the IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

Yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
Photo: anukma · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-rumped flycatcher

Weight
12.1 g – 13.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
11 days – 12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
5.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
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 yellow-rumped flycatcher

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Yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
王朝威 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the yellow-rumped flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-rumped flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher, is a species of flycatcher found in eastern Asia. A distinctive species with almost no look-alike other than the narcissus flycatcher. It breeds in eastern Asia including parts of Mongolia, Transbaikal, southern China, Korea and western Japan. They winter in parts of the Malay Peninsula and South Asia.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-rumped flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-rumped_flycatcher&oldid=1371487416), 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 yellow-rumped flycatcher endangered?

The yellow-rumped 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 yellow-rumped flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusFicedula
  7. SpeciesFicedula zanthopygia (Hay, 1845)

Synonyms Muscicapa zanthopygia, Zanthopygia leucophrys

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Korean flycatcherEnglish
  • papamosques daurat cellablancCatalan
  • lejsek žlutobřichýCzech
  • gwybedog tinfelynWelsh
  • Gulgumpet FluesnapperDanish
  • GoldschnäpperGerman
  • GoldfliegenschnäpperGerman
  • flavpuga muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Flavapuga muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas coreanoSpanish
  • Papamoscas culiamarilloSpanish
  • kuld-kärbsenäppEstonian
  • keltasieppoFinnish
  • Gobemouche à croupion jauneFrench
  • Piquemouche à croupion jauneFrench
  • Cuilire buíphrompachIrish
  • zlatnotrba muharicaCroatian
  • Sikatan emasIndonesian
  • Pigliamosche di CoreaItalian
  • Pigliamosche groppagiallaItalian
  • マミジロキビタキJapanese
  • 흰눈썹황금새Korean
  • geltonsturplė margoji musinukėLithuanian
  • zeltainais mušķērājsLatvian
  • മഞ്ഞവാലൻ പാറ്റപിടിയൻMalayalam
  • Гуулин намнааMongolian
  • Gouden VliegenvangerDutch
  • DriekleurenvliegenvangerDutch
  • solfluesnapperNorwegian
  • muchołówka żółtorzytnaPolish
  • papa-moscas-d'uropígio-amareloPortuguese
  • papa-moscas-de-uropígio-amareloPortuguese
  • Желтоспинная мухоловкаRussian
  • muchárik zlatýSlovak
  • Korejska muharicaSerbian
  • solflugsnappareSwedish
  • vitbrynad narcissflugsnappareSwedish
  • นกจับแมลงตะโพกเหลืองThai
  • Sarı Belli SinekkapanTurkish
  • мухоловка даурськаUkrainian
  • 白眉姬鶲Chinese
  • 白眉姬鹟Chinese
  • 白眉鶲Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-rumped flycatcher

Other species in the same genus Ficedula.

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Common questions

Each answer is written from the sourced facts on this page, and only where they hold the answer.

What is the scientific name of the yellow-rumped flycatcher?

Its scientific name is Ficedula zanthopygia, with the authority (Hay, 1845).

How much does a yellow-rumped flycatcher weigh?

Adults typically weigh about 12.1 g. The highest typical adult body mass reported by our sources is 13.1 g.

What does the yellow-rumped flycatcher eat?

Its diet category is invertivore.

Is the yellow-rumped flycatcher endangered?

No. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern (LC), which is not a threatened category.

How many eggs does the yellow-rumped flycatcher lay?

A clutch is 5 or 6 eggs.

Is the yellow-rumped flycatcher a migratory bird?

Yes, it is listed as migratory. It is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae and its habitat is forest.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
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  title = {Yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-rumped-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}