Definitions of flycatcher
noun
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
synonyms:
New World flycatcher , tyrant bird , tyrant flycatcher
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Tyrannus tyrannus , kingbird
large American flycatcher
Contopus virens , peewee , peewit , pewee , pewit , wood pewee
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Sayornis phoebe , phoebe , phoebe bird
small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus , firebird , vermillion flycatcher
tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
chatterer , cotinga
passerine bird of New World tropics
Muscivora-forficata , scissortail , scissortailed flycatcher
grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
Arkansas kingbird , western kingbird
a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black
Cassin's kingbird , Tyrannus vociferans
a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomen
eastern kingbird
a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail
Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis , gray kingbird , grey kingbird , petchary
a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird
Contopus sordidulus , western wood pewee
small flycatcher of western North America
Rupicola rupicola , cock of the rock
tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
Rupicola peruviana , cock of the rock
bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola
bellbird
any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
Cephalopterus ornatus , umbrella bird
black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
type of:
tyrannid
a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
noun
any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
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