European Pied Flycatcher

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q27442
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Summary

European Pied Flycatcher is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,420 views/month, #1,403 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ficedula[5]
  • Taxon name: Ficedula hypoleuca[6]
  • Commons category: Ficedula hypoleuca[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ficedula hypoleuca[8]
  • Commons gallery: Ficedula hypoleuca[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Original combination: Motacilla hypoleuca[12]
  • Short name: F. hypoleuca[13]
  • Taxon common name: European Pied Flycatcher[14], Trauerschnäpper[15], Papamoscas cerrojillo[16], Gobemouche noir[17], Balia nera[18], bonte Vliegenvanger[19], Broget Fluesnapper[20], Svarthvit fluesnapper[21], Мухоловка-пеструшка[22], マダラヒタキ[23], svartvit flugsnappare[24], kirjosieppo[25], muchołówka żałobna[26], lejsek černohlavý[27]
  • Wingspan: 22 cm[28]
  • Mass: 1.7 g[29], 12 g[30]

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Identifiers

European Pied Flycatcher's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 204512[31]. European Pied Flycatcher's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46689[32]. European Pied Flycatcher's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2492606[33]. European Pied Flycatcher's ITIS TSN is recorded as 560081[34].

Why It Matters

European Pied Flycatcher has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . app.bto.org. app.bto.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'European Pied Flycatcher'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Trauerschnäpper'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Papamoscas cerrojillo'} +36
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon common name: bonte Vliegenvanger"
  2. 14d ago · Mapenite · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons',
    National library of latvia id → 000287401
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