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The European pied flycatcher (''Ficedula hypoleuca'') is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in western Africa.〔〔Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (BTO Research Report 407). BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts, accessed on 19 Dec. 2012)〕 It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/piedflycatcher/index.aspx )〕 This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.〔 The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.〔 The European pied flycatcher has a very large range and population size and so it is of least concern according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).〔 ==Taxonomy== The European pied flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher, part of a family of insectivorous songbirds which typically feed by darting after insects. There was an argument to break the species into two species, hypoleuca and speculigera, however this was rejected because speculigera was classified to be more closely related to species iberia.〔 Subspecies include Ficedula hypoleuca hypoleuca, Ficedula hypoleuca iberiae, and Ficedula hypoleuca sibirica.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Avibase.bsc-eoc.org )〕 The Latin word ficedula means “small fig-eating bird”. The term hypoleuca comes from two Greek roots, hupo and “lukos. Hupo means “below”, and lukos means “white”.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European pied flycatcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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