What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher been recorded?

Culicicapa ceylonensis occurrence evidence comes from 298 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher — Photo (display-sized rendition): JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesStenostiridaeCulicicapa

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

298 records across 14 countries and territories, 1896–2026.

Culicicapa ceylonensis · GBIF taxon key 2492634

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18962026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
India 68
Thailand 57
Malaysia 47
Laos 29
China 28
Vietnam 19
Indonesia 14
Nepal 10
Hong Kong 9
Myanmar 8
Bhutan 4
Sri Lanka 3
Bangladesh 1
Cambodia 1

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Others in the family Stenostiridae.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.