Fiscal Flycatcher

Sigelus silens (Shaw, 1809) — also called FIFL, Silent Bush Robin. Occurrence records of the Fiscal Flycatcher are shared on GBIF from around 215 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route National Park (3 502 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMuscicapidae

215reserves with records

58 386records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Fiscal Flycatcher (Sigelus silens) — Photo: Derek Keats from South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	3 502
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	2 999
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2 838
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	2 743
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	2 374
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 407
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 407
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 381
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 329
Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 289
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 172
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 035
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 005
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	978
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	954
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	926
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	912
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	911
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	908
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	890
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	887
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	881
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	869
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	776
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	736
Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	706
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	706
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	689
Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve	GP Gauteng	620
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	586
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	573
Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	GP Gauteng	567
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	561
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	550
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	545
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	540
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	531
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	511
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	484
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	474
Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	466
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	453
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	445
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	443
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	428
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	372
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	352
Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	332
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	319
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	316
Royal Natal National ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	314
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	314
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	312
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	311
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	304
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	297
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	282
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	280
Montgomery VleiNature reserve	GP Gauteng	280
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	272

and 155 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 99 reserves
Gauteng: 37 reserves
Eastern Cape: 35 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 13 reserves
Free State: 11 reserves
Northern Cape: 7 reserves
North West: 6 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Scientific name: Sigelus silens
GBIF taxon: 2492444
Wikidata: Q785807

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.

Fiscal Flycatcher

Where it is recorded

By province

Taxonomy

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