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Atlas Flycatcher

Atlas Flycatcher - Adult male

Photographer

» Augusto Faustino

Location

» Dayet Aoua, Ifrane, Morocco

Country image taken

» Morocco

Date

» April, 2007

Equipment

» Nikon D70, Sigma 170-500

Bird Species

»Ficedula speculigera - Atlas Pied Flycatcher

Bird Species (French)

»Gobemouche de l'Atlas

Bird Family

»Muscicapidae - Chats, Flycatchers, Robins, Wheatears, Akalats, Rock Thrushes, Palm Thrushes,Redstarts

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» 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. Northwest Africa endemic.

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