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    The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the...
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    closely related to species in the family Muscicapidae. As a consequence, these four genera are now placed in Muscicapidae. In contrast, the genus Cochoa which...
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    insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North...
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    Magpie-robin (category Muscicapidae stubs)
    Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. They are garden- and forest-dwelling species found in Africa and Asia...
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    thrushes comprise a genus Myophonus of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. They are all medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds....
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    Turdidae, but are now more commonly placed in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. This is an Old World group, but the northern wheatear has established...
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    more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, (Muscicapidae). They are not closely related to the Australian scrub-robins, genus...
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    but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats...
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    Rock thrush (category Muscicapidae stubs)
    are more closely related to members of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The genus contains the following species: Monticola pongraczi (Pliocene...
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    East coast akalat (category Muscicapidae stubs)
    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Sheppardia Species: S. gunningi Binomial name Sheppardia gunningi...
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    (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae). The first formal description of the common redstart was by the Swedish...
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    Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Their common name derives from their long forked tail. These are southeast...
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    more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae. The Siberian rubythroat and similar small European species are often...
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  • Thumbnail for Sri Lanka whistling thrush
    whistling thrush (Myophonus blighi) is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae. It is a resident endemic bird in Sri Lanka. It is found in the highlands...
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  • Thumbnail for Asian brown flycatcher
    (Muscicapa dauurica) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to...
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    Palm thrush (category Muscicapidae stubs)
    family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae. These are tropical African species which nest in palm trees or buildings...
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  • Thumbnail for Taiga flycatcher
    red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The female...
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    (Melaenornis edolioides) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. This is an insectivorous species which is a resident breeder in tropical...
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  • Thumbnail for Australasian robin
    European robin of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, a member of family Muscicapidae. Most species have a compact build with a large, rounded head, a short...
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  • Thumbnail for Indian robin
    robin (Copsychus fulicatus) is a species of passarine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is widespread in the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bangladesh...
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  • Thumbnail for White-crowned wheatear
    but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. This large 17–18 cm long wheatear breeds in stony deserts from the Sahara...
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    previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now usually separated from that group. This species breeds in...
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  • Thumbnail for Malabar whistling thrush
    whistling thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii) is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae. The bird has been called whistling schoolboy for the whistling calls...
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  • Thumbnail for Finsch's wheatear
    more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae. The common name and scientific name commemorate the German ethnographer...
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    Ryukyu robin (category Muscicapidae stubs)
    reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. Bibcode:2010MolPE...
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    family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Both sexes have a strong supercilium, brownish upper parts mottled darker...
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    but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats. It is...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese robin
    Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige) is a small passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. This species was formerly named Erithacus akahige, or Komadori. Its...
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    reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j...
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    has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Ukraine and the South Caucasus...
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