List of Birds of Tanzania - 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 58 species which occur in Tanzania.

• Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
• Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
• African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
• White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
• Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
• Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata
• Boehm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi
• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
• African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
• Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
• Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis
• Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
• Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
• Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
• White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
• Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni
• Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
• Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
• Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis
• Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei
• East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi
• Usambara Akalat Sheppardia montana (E)
• Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei (E)
• Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax (E)
• Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
• Olive-flanked Robin-Chat Cossypha anomala
• Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
• Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
• Gray-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera
• Rueppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
• White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
• Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
• Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata
• Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata
• Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
• Miombo Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas barbata
• Brown-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi
• Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquata
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
• Moorland Chat Cercomela sordida
• Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
• Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
• White-headed Black-Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
• Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris