List of Birds of Sierra Leone - 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 30 species which occur in Sierra Leone.

• 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
• 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
• Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
• Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
• Gray-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera
• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
• White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla
• Forest Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucosticta
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• White-fronted Black-Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons