Little Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula westermanni

(Sharpe, RB, 1888)
Papamoscas Pío

Family: Muscicapidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Muscicapula westermanni.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

The little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.

The species was given the binomial Muscicapula westermanni by R.B. Sharpe in 1888 based on a specimen collected by Leonard Ray in Malaysia and named after Gerardus Frederik Westerman.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Source: Wikipedia, article Ficedula westermanni. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.