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 53 species which occur in Nigeria.
- 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
- Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Gray Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi
- 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
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti
- Mountain Robin-Chat Cossypha isabellae
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Gray-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
- White-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglini
- Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
- Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- White-fronted Black-Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
- Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
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