Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)
(Spotted Flycatcher)

Interactions where Muscicapa striata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
is predator of adult UK/Ireland Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
 /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Muscicapidae/Muscicapa striata/Muscicapa striataspotted flycatcher Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesadult

Author & YearTitleSource
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMuscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher)
GenusMuscicapa (a genus of birds)
FamilyMUSCICAPIDAE (flycatchers)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher)

Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher):

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