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Old World flycatchers

Nilgiri Flycatcher, Eumyias albicaudata

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae Vigors, 1825

Genera

See text.

The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing.

This article follows Handbook of Birds of the World in including the small chat-like ground feeders previously classed with the Turdidae thrushes in this group.

The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. The nest of most is a well-constructed cup in a tree or hedge.

Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus Empidornis
  - Silverbird, Empidornis semipartitus
- Genus Bradornis
  - Pale Flycatcher, Bradornis pallidus
    Chat Flycatcher, Bradornis infuscatus
    Mariqua Flycatcher, Bradornis mariquensis
    African Grey Flycatcher, Bradornis microrhynchus
- Genus Melaenornis
  - Angola Slaty Flycatcher, Melaenornis brunneus
    White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Melaenornis fischeri
    Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher, Melaenornis chocolatinus
    Northern Black Flycatcher, Melaenornis edolioides
    Southern Black Flycatcher, Melaenornis pammelaina
    Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Melaenornis ardesiacus
    Nimba Flycatcher, Melaenornis annamarulae
- Genus Fraseria
  - African Forest Flycatcher, Fraseria ocreata
    White-browed Forest Flycatcher, Fraseria cinerascens
- Genus Sigelus
  - Fiscal Flycatcher, Sigelus silens
- Genus Rhinomyias
  - Buru Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias addita
    Flores Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias oscillans
    Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias brunneata
    Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias umbratilis
    Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias olivacea
    Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias ruficauda
    Henna-tailed Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias colonus
    Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias gularis
    Rusty-flanked Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias insignis
    Negros Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias albigularis
    Mindanao Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias goodfellowi
- Genus Muscicapa
  - Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
    Gambaga Flycatcher, Muscicapa gambagae
    Grey-spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa griseisticta
    Siberian Flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica
    Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica
    Brown-streaked Flycatcher, Muscicapa williamsoni
    Ash-breasted Flycatcher, Muscicapa randi
    Sumba Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa segregata
    Rusty-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa ruficauda
    Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Muscicapa muttui
    Ferruginous Flycatcher, Muscicapa ferruginea
    Ussher's Flycatcher, Muscicapa ussheri
    Sooty Flycatcher, Muscicapa infuscata
    Boehm's Flycatcher, Muscicapa boehmi
    Swamp Flycatcher, Muscicapa aquatica
    Olivaceous Flycatcher, Muscicapa olivascens
    Chapins' Flycatcher, Muscicapa lendu
    African Dusky Flycatcher, Muscicapa adusta
    Little Grey Flycatcher, Muscicapa epulata
    Yellow-footed Flycatcher, Muscicapa sethsmithi
    Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Muscicapa comitata
    Tessmann's Flycatcher, Muscicapa tessmanni
    Cassin's Flycatcher, Muscicapa cassini
    Ashy Flycatcher, Muscicapa caerulescens
- Genus Myioparus
  - Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher, Myioparus griseigularis
    Grey Tit-flycatcher, Myioparus plumbeus
- Genus Humblotia
  - Grand Comoro Flycatcher, Humblotia flavirostris
- Genus Ficedula
  - European Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca
    Atlas Flycatcher, Ficedula speculigera
    Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
    Semi-collared Flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata
    Korean Flycatcher, Ficedula zanthopygia
    Narcissus Flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina
    Beijing Flycatcher, Ficedula beijingnica
    Mugimaki Flycatcher, Ficedula mugimaki
    Slaty-backed Flycatcher, Ficedula hodgsonii
    Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher, Ficedula strophiata
    Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ficedula parva
    Red-throated Flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla
    Kashmir Flycatcher, Ficedula subrubra
    Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Ficedula hyperythra
    White-gorgeted Flycatcher, Ficedula monileger
    Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Ficedula solitaris
    Rufous-chested Flycatcher, Ficedula dumetoria
    Rufous-throated Flycatcher, Ficedula rufigula
    Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher, Ficedula buruensis
    Little Slaty Flycatcher, Ficedula basilanica
    Sumba Flycatcher, Ficedula harterti
    Palawan Flycatcher, Ficedula platenae
    Russet-tailed Flycatcher, Ficedula crypta
    Furtive Flycatcher, Ficedula disposita
    Lompobattang Flycatcher, Ficedula bonthaina
    Little Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula westermanni
    Ultramarine Flycatcher, Ficedula superciliaris
    Slaty-blue Flycatcher, Ficedula tricolor
    Black-and-rufous Flycatcher, Ficedula nigrorufa
    Sapphire Flycatcher, Ficedula sapphira
    Black-banded Flycatcher, Ficedula timorensis
- Genus Cyanoptila
  - Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Genus Eumyias
  - Verditer Flycatcher, Eumyias thalassina
    Dull-blue Flycatcher, Eumyias sordida
    Island Flycatcher, Eumyias panayensis
    Nilgiri Flycatcher, Eumyias albicaudata
    Indigo Flycatcher, Eumyias indigo
- Genus Niltava
  - Large Niltava, Niltava grandis
    Small Niltava, Niltava macgrigoriae
    Fujian Niltava, Niltava davidi
    Rufous-bellied Niltava, Niltava sundara
    Rufous-vented Niltava, Niltava sumatrana
    Vivid Niltava, Niltava vivida
- Genus Cyornis
  - Matinan Flycatcher, Cyornis sanfordi
    Blue-fronted Flycatcher, Cyornis hoevelli
    Timor Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis hyacinthinus
    White-tailed Flycatcher, Cyornis concretus
    Rueck's Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis ruckii
    Blue-breasted Flycatcher, Cyornis herioti
    Hainan Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis hainanus
    White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis pallipes
    Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis poliogenys
    Pale Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis unicolor
    Blue-throated Flycatcher, Cyornis rubeculoides
    Hill Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis banyumas
    Long-billed Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis caerulatus
    Malaysian Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis turcosus
    Palawan Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis lemprieri
    Bornean Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis superbus
    Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis tickelliae
    Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis rufigastra
    Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis omissus
- Genus Muscicapella
  - Pygmy Blue Flycatcher, Muscicapella hodgsoni
- Genus Culicicapa
  - Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis
    Citrine Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea
- Genus Horizorhinus
  - Dohrn's Flycatcher, Horizorhinus dohrni
- Genus Tarsiger
  - Red-flanked Bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus
    Golden Bush Robin, Tarsiger chrysaeus
    White-browed Bush Robin, Tarsiger indicus
    Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, Tarsiger hyperythrus
    Collared Bush Robin, Tarsiger johnstoniae
- Genus Luscinia
  - Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
    Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope
    Rufous-tailed Robin or Swinhoe's Nightingale , Luscinia sibilans
    Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia
    Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
    Indian Blue Robin or Indian Blue Chat, Luscinia brunneus
    White-tailed Rubythroat, Luscinia pectoralis
    Rufous-headed Robin, Luscinia ruficeps
    Black-throated Blue Robin, Luscinia obscura
    Firethroat, Luscinia pectardens
    Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane
- Genus Erithacus
  - European Robin, Erithacus rubecula
    Japanese Robin, Erithacus akahige
    Ryukyu Robin, Erithacus komadori
- Genus Irania
  - White-throated Robin, Irania gutturalis
- Genus Saxicola
  - Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
    Stoliczka's Bushchat or White-browed Bushchat, Saxicola macrorhyncha
    Hodgson's Bushchat or White-throated Bushchat, Saxicola insignis
    Fuerteventura Chat or Canary Island Stonechat, Saxicola dacotiae
    European Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola (previously S. torquata rubicola)
    Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat, Saxicola maura (previously S. torquata maura)
    African Stonechat, Saxicola torquata
    Réunion Stonechat, Saxicola tectes
    White-tailed Stonechat, Saxicola leucura
    Pied Bushchat, Saxicola caprata
    Jerdon's Bushchat, Saxicola jerdoni
    Grey Bushchat, Saxicola ferrea
    White-bellied Bushchat or Timor Bushchat, Saxicola gutturalis
    Buff-streaked Bushchat, Saxicola bifasciata
- Genus Pogonocichla
  - White-starred Robin, Pogonocichla stellata
- Genus Swynnertonia
  - Swynnerton's Robin, Swynnertonia swynnertoni
- Genus Stiphrornis
  - Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Genus Xenocopsychus
  - Angola Cave Chat, Xenocopsychus ansorgei
- Genus Saxicoloides
  - Indian Robin, Saxicoloides fulicata
- Genus Cinclidium
  - White-tailed Robin, Cinclidium leucurum
    Sunda Robin, Cinclidium diana
    Blue-fronted Robin, Cinclidium frontale
- Genus Grandala
  - Grandala, Grandala coelicolor
- Genus Namibornis
  - Herero Chat, Namibornis herero
- Genus Cercomela
  - Sicklewing Chat, Cercomela sinuata
    Karoo Chat, Cercomela schlegelii
    Tractrac Chat, Cercomela tractrac
    Familiar Chat, Cercomela familiaris
    Brown-tailed Chat, Cercomela scotocerca
    Indian Chat, Cercomela fusca
    Sombre Chat, Cercomela dubia
    Blackstart, Cercomela melanura
    Moorland Chat, Cercomela sordida
- Genus Myrmecocichla
  - Congo Moorchat, Myrmecocichla tholloni
    Northern Anteater Chat, Myrmecocichla aethiops
    Southern Anteater Chat, Myrmecocichla formicivora
    Sooty Chat, Myrmecocichla nigra
    Rueppell's Chat, Myrmecocichla melaena
    White-fronted Black Chat, Myrmecocichla albifrons
    White-headed Black Chat, Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Genus Thamnolaea
  - Mocking Cliff Chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
    White-winged Cliff Chat, Thamnolaea semirufa
- Genus Pinarornis
  - Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Genus Sheppardia, akalats
  - Bocage's Akalat, Sheppardia bocagei
    Lowland Akalat, Sheppardia cyornithopsis
    Equatorial Akalat, Sheppardia aequatorialis
    Sharpe's Akalat, Sheppardia sharpei
    East Coast Akalat, Sheppardia gunningi
    Gabela Akalat, Sheppardia gabela
    Usambara Akalat, Sheppardia montana
    Iringa Akalat, Sheppardia lowei
- Genus Cossyphicula, robin-chats
  - White-bellied Robin Chat, Cossyphicula roberti
    Mountain Robin Chat, Cossypha isabellae
    Archer's Robin Chat, Cossypha archeri
    Olive-flanked Robin Chat, Cossypha anomala
    Cape Robin Chat, Cossypha caffra
    White-throated Robin Chat, Cossypha humeralis
    Blue-shouldered Robin Chat, Cossypha cyanocampter
    Grey-winged Robin Chat, Cossypha polioptera
    Rueppell's Robin Chat, Cossypha semirufa
    White-browed Robin Chat, Cossypha heuglini
    Red-capped Robin Chat, Cossypha natalensis
    Chorister Robin Chat, Cossypha dichroa
    White-headed Robin Chat, Cossypha heinrichi
    Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Cossypha niveicapilla
    White-crowned Robin Chat, Cossypha albicapilla
- Genus Cichladusa, palm-thrushes
  - Collared Palm Thrush, Cichladusa arquata
    Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, Cichladusa ruficauda
    Spotted Morning Thrush, Cichladusa guttata
- Genus Cercotrichas, the scrub-robins or bush-chats
  - Forest Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas leucosticta
    Bearded Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
    Miombo Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas barbata
    Brown Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas signata
    Brown-backed Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas hartlaubi
    Red-backed Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys
    Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin or Rufous Bush Chat, Cercotrichas galactotes
    Kalahari Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas paena
    African Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas minor
    Karoo Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas coryphaeus
    Black Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas podobe
- Genus Copsychus, magpie-robins or shamas
  - Madagascar Magpie-robin, Copsychus albospecularis
    Oriental Magpie-robin, Copsychus saularis
    White-rumped Shama, Copsychus malabaricus
    Seychelles Magpie-robin, Copsychus sechellarum
    White-browed Shama, Copsychus luzoniensis
    White-vented Shama, Copsychus niger
    Black Shama, Copsychus cebuensis
- Genus Trichixos, shamas
  - Rufous-tailed Shama, Trichixos pyrropyga
- Genus Phoenicurus, redstarts
  - Ala Shan Redstart, Phoenicurus alaschanicus
    Rufous-backed Redstart, Phoenicurus erythronota
    Blue-capped Redstart, Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus
    Black Redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros
    Common Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus
    Hodgson's Redstart, Phoenicurus hodgsoni
    White-throated Redstart, Phoenicurus schisticeps
    Daurian Redstart, Phoenicurus auroreus
    Moussier's Redstart, Phoenicurus moussieri
    White-winged Redstart, Phoenicurus erythrogaster
    Blue-fronted Redstart, Phoenicurus frontalis
- Genus Chaimarrornis, redstarts
  - White-capped Redstart, Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Genus Rhyacornis, redstarts
  - Plumbeous Redstart, Rhyacornis fuliginosus
    Luzon Redstart, Rhyacornis bicolor
- Genus Hodgsonius, redstarts
  - White-bellied Redstart, Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
- Genus Enicurus, forktails
  - Little Forktail, Enicurus scouleri
    Sunda Forktail, Enicurus velatus
    Chestnut-naped Forktail, Enicurus ruficapillus
    Black-backed Forktail, Enicurus immaculatus
    Slaty-backed Forktail, Enicurus schistaceus
    White-crowned Forktail, Enicurus leschenaulti
    Spotted Forktail, Enicurus maculatus
- Genus Cochoa, cochoas
  - Purple Cochoa, Cochoa purpurea
    Green Cochoa, Cochoa viridis
    Sumatran Cochoa, Cochoa beccarii
    Javan Cochoa, Cochoa azurea
- Genus Oenanthe, wheatears
  - Northern Wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
    Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina
    Desert Wheatear, Oenanthe deserti
    Black-eared Wheatear, Oenanthe hispanica
    Pied Wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka
    Cyprus Wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca
    Finsch's Wheatear, Oenanthe finschii
    Mourning Wheatear, Oenanthe lugens
    Hooded Wheatear, Oenanthe monacha
    White-crowned Wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga
    Black Wheatear, Oenanthe leucura
    Persian Wheatear, Oenanthe xanthoprymna
    Red-rumped Wheatear, Oenanthe moesta
    Hume's Wheatear, Oenanthe alboniger
    Mountain Wheatear, Oenanthe monticola
    Somali Wheatear, Oenanthe phillipsi
    Variable Wheatear, Oenanthe picata
    Red-tailed Wheatear, Oenanthe xanthoprymna
    Capped Wheatear, Oenanthe pileata
    Red-breasted Wheatear, Oenanthe bottae
    Heuglin's Wheatear, Oenanthe heuglini

External links

Old World flycatcher videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Birds Guide

Muscicapidae

External links