List of Birds of Ghana - 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 32 species which occur in Ghana.

• Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
• Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
• African Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
• White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
• Ussher's Flycatcher Muscicapa ussheri
• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
• Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens
• Little Gray Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
• Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata
• Tessmann's Flycatcher Muscicapa tessmanni
• Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
• Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
• Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis
• Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
• European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
• Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
• Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
• White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla
• Forest Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucosticta
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglini (A)
• Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
• White-fronted Black-Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
• Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris