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Where does the Spotted Flycatcher live?

Muscicapa striata has 1,362,209 records in 144 countries and territories, from 1831 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher — Бусел В.А. / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMuscicapidaeMuscicapa

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 275,118
Finland 158,698
Spain 139,060
United Kingdom 95,944
France 87,833
Norway 76,055
Netherlands 73,366
South Africa 52,687
Denmark 49,982
Germany 40,139
Russia 22,660
Portugal 22,014
Israel 18,957
Belgium 18,389
Greece 16,871
Åland Islands 16,492
Poland 15,086
Türkiye 14,110
Italy 12,717
Estonia 12,461
Austria 11,469
Kenya 9,560
Czechia 8,518
United Arab Emirates 7,334
Switzerland 6,110
Bulgaria 6,029
Ukraine 5,934
Ireland 4,997
Hungary 4,814
Morocco 3,964
India 3,958
Tanzania 3,877
Iran 3,760
Namibia 3,598
Isle of Man 3,423
Georgia 2,737
Croatia 2,680
Kuwait 2,527
Slovakia 2,396
Serbia 2,305

Showing the top 40 of 144 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.