List of Birds of Massachusetts - Old World Flycatchers

Old World Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Muscicapidae

The Old World Flycatchers are a large family of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing.

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