Birds of India - Old World Flycatchers

Old World Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Muscicapidae

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. There 274 species worldwide and 89 species which occur in India.

• Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneata
• Nicobar Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus (Split by Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Siberian Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda
• Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii
• Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
• White-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula monileger
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
• Black-and-rufous Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa (E)
• Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
• Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus (E)
• Large Niltava Niltava grandis
• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida (Rasmussen and Anderton suggest possible elevation of N. vivida oatesi)
• White-tailed Flycatcher Cyornis concretus
• White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes (E)
• Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
• Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
• Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas
• Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris (Elevated to species by Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
• Pygmy Blue Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni
• Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos (A? one historic specimen from Oudh)
• Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
• White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Firethroat Luscinia pectardens
• Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea
• Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane
• Red-flanked Bluetail (or Red-flanked Bush-Robin) Tarsiger cyanurus
• Himalayan Bluetail (or Himalayan Red-flanked Bush-Robin) Tarsiger rufilatus (Elevated by Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
• White-browed Bush-Robin Tarsiger indicus
• Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris
• Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus
• Rufous-backed Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
• Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus caeruleocephala
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
• Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosa
• White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
• White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura (=Cinclidium leucurum)
• Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura (Saxicola maurus per Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
• Grandala Grandala coelicolor
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
• Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
• White-browed Bush Chat Saxicola macrorhyncha
• White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis
• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura (leucurus per Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
• Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
• Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea (ferreus per Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
• Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe alboniger (albonigra per Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia (Elevated from Oenanthe xanthoprymna race by Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca