Fiscal Flycatcher

This species is found in subtropical open woodland, dry savanna, shrubland and suburban gardens.

The Fiscal Flycatcher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Fiscal Flycatcher, Sigelus silens, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is a resident breeder in Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland, and a vagrant to Namibia. It is the only member of the genus Sigelus. This species is found in subtropical open woodland, dry savanna, shrubland and suburban gardens. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Fiscal Flycatcher is classed as ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance. More

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The Fiscal Flycatcher is 17-20 cm in length. The adult male is black above and white below with white wing patches and white sides to the tail. The female is brown, not black, above. The juvenile is like the female but duller and with brown spots and scalloping above and below. The song is a weak chittering, and the alarm call is tssisk. More

The Fiscal Flycatcher, Sigelus silens is a member of the Old World Flycatchers and is commonly found in open woodland. It is a resident in southern Africa in Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland. If you would like to be informed of future Nature posts, Click Here. Comments (0) No Comments » - No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. More

species of birds is that the Fiscal Flycatcher does not have the hooked bill of the Common Fiscal. Its scientific genus name of Sigelus means silent or lack of a call and the species name of silens translated from Latin to English also means silent or still which is rather strange in that it does have a call of high pitched wheezing notes and whistles. The Fiscal Flycatcher can also mimic the calls of other birds and whilst it is not common, it has been recorded. More

Fiscal Flycatcher, South Africa, Paarl Mountain 24 September 2009 © Sam Woods/Tropical Birding Lost in Birding Send this as a postcard Fiscal Flycatcher - Fiscal Flycatcher, South Africa, Karoo NP Oct. More

picture of the Fiscal Flycatcher on page 753. The Fiscal Flycatcher belongs to the family of birds classified as Muscicapidae. The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. The basic information was provided by the Avian Demographic Unit based at UCT and I created the maps from that information ... More

This Fiscal Flycatcher was photographed recently at Franskraal near Gansbaai by Freddie Strauss. It is partially leucistic, showing white on the head instead of the normal dark colour. More