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flycatcher

Popular name for many species of small songbird of the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. They feed on insects which they often generally catch by a twisting aerial chase, often returning to the same perch, particularly in the case of the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.

Flycatchers include the fantails, the Rhipidura species of the Oriental and Australasian regions; the paradise flycatchers, the Terpsiphone species of the countries bordering the Indian Ocean; and the Palaearctic genera such as Ficedula and Muscicapa. The Muscicapidae are confined to the Old World; in the New World their ecological niche is occupied by the tyrant-flycatchers of the family Tyrannidae. This family includes such species as the wide-ranging vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, and the spectacled tyrant, Lichenops perspicillata, of Chile and Argentina.
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The "rover bird" so-called, the coroneted crane, the red and blue jays, the mocking-bird, the flycatcher, disappeared among the foliage of the immense trees, and all nature revealed symptoms of some approaching catastrophe.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Of diversified habits innumerable instances could be given: I have often watched a tyrant flycatcher (Saurophagus sulphuratus) in South America, hovering over one spot and then proceeding to another, like a kestrel, and at other times standing stationary on the margin of water, and then dashing like a kingfisher at a fish.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Polanco -- Lazo and Bolas -- Partridges -- Absence of Trees -- Deer -- Capybara, or River Hog -- Tucutuco -- Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits -- Tyrant- flycatcher -- Mocking-bird -- Carrion Hawks -- Tubes formed by Lightning -- House struck.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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