Class Aves Family Muscicapidae | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Ficedula Rank Species | |
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Similar Rufous‑throated flycatcher, Cinnamon‑chested flycatcher, Palawan flycatcher, Cryptic flycatcher, Rufous‑chested flycatcher |
Atlas pied flycatcher or Atlas flycatcher (Ficedula speculigera) is a bird in an Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers; it is endemic as a breeding species to North-west Africa.
It was formerly regarded as a race of European pied flycatcher, but Sætre et al. (2001) recommended that it is regarded as a species in its own right. Identification is covered in Etherington and Small (2003) and van den Berg et al. (2006).
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