true flycatcher

Other forms: true flycatchers

Definitions of true flycatcher
  1. noun
    any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
    synonyms: Old World flycatcher, flycatcher
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    types:
    Muscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher
    common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage
    thickhead, whistler
    Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
    type of:
    oscine, oscine bird
    passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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