List of Birds of Afghanistan - 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 39 species which occur in Afghanistan.

• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Siberian Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
• European Robin Erithacus rubecula
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
• Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
• Rufous-backed Redstart Phoenicurus erythronota
• Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
• Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
• Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhyncha
• Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
• White-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
• Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
• Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe alboniger
• Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina