List of Birds of Kuwait - 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 26 species which occur in Kuwait.

  • Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
  • Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
  • European Robin Erithacus rubecula
  • Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
  • Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
  • Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
  • White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
  • Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
  • Black Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas podobe (A)
  • Rufous-backed Redstart Phoenicurus erythronota (A)
  • Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
  • Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
  • European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
  • White-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga (A)
  • Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha (A)
  • Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe alboniger (A)
  • Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
  • Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
  • Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
  • Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
  • Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
  • Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
  • Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

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