List of Birds of Nepal - 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 70 species which occur in Nepal.

• Siberian Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii
• Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
• White-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula monileger
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
• Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina
• Large Niltava Niltava grandis
• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
• Pale Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
• Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
• Hill Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas (A)
• Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
• Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni
• Gray-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
• Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
• White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea
• Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
• White-browed Bush-Robin Tarsiger indicus
• Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
• Rufous-backed Redstart Phoenicurus erythronota
• Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
• White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
• Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
• White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
• White-tailed Robin Cinclidium leucurum
• Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura
• Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
• Grandala Grandala coelicolor
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
• Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea
• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• White-throated Bushchat Saxicola insignis
• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura
• Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
• Jerdon's Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni (A)
• Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferrea
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (A)
• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Indian Chat Cercomela fusca