List of Birds of Guinea - 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 35 species which occur in Guinea.

• Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
• Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
• Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae
• African Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
• White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Ussher's Flycatcher Muscicapa ussheri
• Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata
• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
• Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens
• Little Gray Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
• Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi
• Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata
• Tessmann's Flycatcher Muscicapa tessmanni
• Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
• Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis
• Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
• European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
• Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
• Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
• Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
• White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla
• Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda
• Forest Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucosticta
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
• Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
• White-fronted Black-Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
• Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris