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Spotted Flycatcher
Europese Vlieëvanger · Muscicapa striata
An unassuming grey-brown flycatcher that migrates each summer from Europe and western Asia, present around October to April and absent in winter. It perches upright on an exposed twig, makes a quick aerial dart to catch a passing insect, and returns to the same lookout. Faint streaking on the crown and breast separates it from local flycatchers.
Log your Spotted Flycatcher sighting — free →How to identify it
Plain grey-brown with faint streaks on the forehead and breast; sits very upright and returns to the same perch after each sally.
Where to see it in Kruger
A summer visitor from Europe to woodland edges and camps, perching openly on bare twigs; leaves before winter.
Did you know
It darts out to snap a fly from the air, then loops straight back to the very same twig to wait again.
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