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 Togo.
- Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
- Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- African Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens (A)
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Ussher's Flycatcher Muscicapa ussheri (A)
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Little Gray Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata (A)
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata (A)
- Tessmann's Flycatcher Muscicapa tessmanni
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
- Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica (A)
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes (A)
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglini
- Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
- White-fronted Black-Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
- Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
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