The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia). These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The family includes 324 species and is divided into 51 genera. Learn more about Flycatcher
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
African Paradise Flycatcher (2 videos) | Terpsiphone viridis | Least concern |
American Redstart (23 videos) | Setophaga ruticilla | Least concern |
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (3 videos) | Terpsiphone paradisi | Least concern |
Black Redstart (4 videos) | Phoenicurus ochruros | Least concern |
Black-capped Flycatcher (8 videos) | Empidonax atriceps | Least concern |
Black-faced Monarch (68 videos) | Monarcha melanopsis | Least concern |
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (3 videos) | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Least concern |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3 videos) | Polioptila caerulea | Least concern |
Bohemian Waxwing (21 videos) | Bombycilla garrulus | Least concern |
Bright-rumped Attila (1 videos) | Attila spadiceus | Least concern |
Brown-crested Flycatcher (1 videos) | Myiarchus tyrannulus | Least concern |
California Gnatcatcher (3 videos) | Polioptila californica | Least concern |
Capped Wheatear (7 videos) | Oenanthe pileata | Least concern |
Cedar Waxwing (97 videos) | Bombycilla cedrorum | Least concern |
Common Nightingale (1 videos) | Luscinia megarhynchos | Least concern |
Common Redstart (5 videos) | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Least concern |
Eastern Kingbird (4 videos) | Tyrannus tyrannus | Least concern |
Eastern Phoebe (3 videos) | Sayornis phoebe | Least concern |
Eastern Wood-pewee (1 videos) | Contopus virens | Least concern |
European Pied Flycatcher (6 videos) | Ficedula hypoleuca | Least concern |
Galapagos Flycatcher (1 videos) | Myiarchus magnirostris | Least concern |
Great Crested Flycatcher (2 videos) | Myiarchus crinitus | Least concern |
Great Kiskadee (9 videos) | Pitangus sulphuratus | Least concern |
Isabelline Wheatear (1 videos) | Oenanthe isabellina | Least concern |
Jacky Winter (19 videos) | Microeca fascinans | Least concern |
Lesser Kiskadee (1 videos) | Pitangus lictor | Not Available |
Magpielark (8 videos) | Grallina cyanoleuca | Least concern |
Masked Tityra (6 videos) | Tityra semifasciata | Least concern |
Narcissus Flycatcher (3 videos) | Ficedula narcissina | Least concern |
Northern Wheatear (11 videos) | Oenanthe oenanthe | Least concern |
Restless Flycatcher (7 videos) | Myiagra inquieta | Least concern |
Satin Flycatcher (2 videos) | Myiagra cyanoleuca | Least concern |
Say's Phoebe (1 videos) | Sayornis saya | Least concern |
Spectacled Monarch (2 videos) | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | Least concern |
Streaked Flycatcher (4 videos) | Myiodynastes maculatus | Least concern |
Thrush Nightingale (1 videos) | Luscinia luscinia | Not Available |
Tufted Flycatcher (5 videos) | Mitrephanes phaeocercus | Least concern |
Vermilion Flycatcher (6 videos) | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Least concern |
Western Kingbird (1 videos) | Tyrannus verticalis | Least concern |
White-crested Elaenium (12 videos) | Elaenia albiceps | Least concern |
White-rumped Shama (13 videos) | Copsychus malabaricus | Not Available |