Atlas Pied Flycatcher

The Atlas Pied Flycatcher is still sometimes considered as a subspecies of the European Black Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). In spring, males, unlike some Black Flycatchers, never seem to show any gray plumage. They differ from the Black Flycatcher by the large white spot on the forehead, a truly striking feature in nature, the absence of white at the base of the rectrices (not always easy to see) and a large white spot at the base of the primary remiges. These last two criteria put it closer to the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), from which it differs in the absence of white on the rump and white collar. This species is also very similar to the iberiae subspecies of the Black Flycatcher.
Females are gray and the white on the wings is much less extended than in males; they also don't have a spot on the forehead and are therefore very difficult to distinguish from those of other black-plumaged Flycatchers. The young of both sexes look very much like the females.