Atlas pied flycatcher or Atlas flycatcher (''Ficedula speculigera'') is a
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in an
Old World flycatcher
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Norther ...
family, one of the four species of
Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers
The term Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers is used to refer to a group of similar-looking birds in the genus ''Ficedula'':
* Atlas pied flycatcher ''F. speculigera'' which breeds in Northwest Africa
* Collared flycatcher ''F. albicoll ...
; it is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
as a breeding species to
North-west Africa
The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...
.
It was formerly regarded as a race of
European pied flycatcher
The European pied flycatcher (''Ficedula hypoleuca'') is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it bird hybrid, hybridizes to a limited extent with th ...
, but Sætre ''et al.'' (2001) recommended that it is regarded as a species in its own right.
The bird has large white patches on its wing and forehead.
Identification is also covered in Etherington and Small (2003)
and van den Berg ''et al.'' (2006).
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Atlas pied 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 ...
Birds of North Africa
Atlas pied 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 ...
Atlas pied 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 ...
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