Meaning | Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing. |
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Synonyms | Old World flycatcher, flycatcher |
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Member of | Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae | Old World (true) flycatchers |
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Narrower | spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola | Common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
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thickhead, whistler | Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call |
Broader | oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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Spanish | papamoscas |
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