Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Grey-streaked Flycatcher
This species is defined as a Review Species . Please submit your records of this species via our record submission page .

Scientific Name: Muscicapa griseisticta

Malay Name: Sambar-Kusam Lorek Utara

Chinese Name: 灰纹鹟

Range: Breeds in Siberia, northeast China to North Korea and winters to southern China, Vietnam, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas and New Guinea

Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Size: 15 cm

Identification: Resembles Dark-sided Flycatcher and Brown-streaked Flycatcher but is larger and has clean whitish underparts with extensive, well-defined broad dark greyish streaks across entire breast and flanks and whitish undertail-coverts.

Similar looking species: Dark-sided Flycatcher, Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Habitat: Forest, parks, gardens, wooded areas and mangroves.

Behaviour/Ecology: Feeds primarily on insects. Often perches on tree branches from which it sallies forth to hawk insects in flight and returns to the same perch or to one nearby.

Local Status: Vagrant

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2018)

Past records in our database:

Showing only accepted records. Note that records currently under review are also not displayed, and the list may not be a full list of records of this species in Singapore. For more details, check the database here.

Migrant bar chart (see more bar charts):

Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
Average number of individuals by week based on Singapore Bird Database data, Jul 2014 to Jun 2024 (all records)
Peak weeks Nov 05-Nov 11, Nov 12-Nov 18
Early date 09 Nov 2021
Late date 17 Nov 2021
Only one confirmed past record: at a private nursery in Sembawang in Nov 2021.
Grey-streaked Flycatcher from Sembawang. Photo credit: Jared Tan
Grey-streaked Flycatcher from Philippines. Photo credit: Con Foley
Grey-streaked Flycatcher from Sembawang. Photo credit: Francis Yap

External Links:

Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Gray-streaked Flycatcher)

References:

BirdLife International. (2018). Muscicapa griseisticta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709200A132081179.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Lim, K. S. (2009). The Avifauna of Singapore. Nature Society (Singapore).

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Grey-streaked Flycatcher. Retrieved on May 9, 2025 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/grey-streaked-flycatcher.

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