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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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