Rolf Nagel

Breeds across Central Europe at mid latitudes, from eastern France to Breeding distribution restricted to Ukraine and Russia, with populations in Italy and the Balkans. Long-distance migrant insectivorous passerine, with a restricted winter range mainly in Zambia, Zimbabwe and western Mozambique, Malawi and southern Tanzania.

Season of assessment

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Population trendStable
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)		3210000-5130000,4010000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Overall Connectivity for Collared Flycatcher

The overall direction of migration is southwards, south-eastwards for western populations. All populations migrate to a single wintering region centred on Zambia and adjacent countries, using a vertical eastern flyway covering the Middle East then restricting to a large band from Egypt to the winter region. No difference between age classes. Almost no ring recovery from the winter range. Two recoveries obtained in October and April in DR Congo and Angola are away form the known winter range.

Recoveries by Condition for Collared Flycatcher

Most old records are dead recoveries, with a shift towards nearly 90% or ringing casualties in the 1990s. Tracked adults do stop-over in Libya in autumn where very few ringing recoveries, due to low ringing and observation effort.

Annual Movements for Collared Flycatcher

Birds breeding in the North move southwards, birds breeding in Central Europe too, with a few unusual records in South-West Europe. No difference between age classes. Most active migrants are recorded in late August and early September in South and South-East Europe, with a few late individuals in October. Light logger data indicate a desert crossing by late August/early September for breeders of Czech Republic, mainly mid-late September for Swedish adults; mainly last decade of April in the spring (Adamik et al. 2016), with a final rapid bout to arrive on the breeding grounds (Briedis et al. 2018), with a effect of climate change on arrival date (Weidinger and Král 2007). Autumn stopover of all these gls-tracked birds mainly from North Libya.

Connectivity by Month by Region for Collared Flycatcher

First migrants arrive in southern Europe during the second decade of April, and most breeders are on territories by the first decade of May in Central Europe, the second decade in the North. Autumn departures are concentrated in August, starting during the second decade, with few late individuals in September.

Frédéric Jiguet

References

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Mapped data*
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*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries
References Map
Adamik P, Emmenegger T, Briedis M, Gustafsson L, Henshaw I, Krist M, Laaksonen T, Liechti F, Procházka P, Salewski V, Hahn S2016 . Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy. Scientific Reports 6 article no.: 21560
Briedis M, Hahn S, Krist M, Adamík P2018 . Finish with a sprint: Evidence for time-selected last leg of migration in a long-distance migratory songbird. Ecology and Evolution 8 Link to Article (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4206) : 6899–6908
Weidinger K, Král M2007 . Climatic effects on arrival and laying dates in a long-distance migrant, the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis. Ibis 149 Link to Article (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00719.x) : 836–847

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