Old World flycatcher

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For other uses of the term flycatcher, see Flycatcher (disambiguation)

{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Old World flycatchers | image = rbflyLL.jpg | image_caption = Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ficedula parva | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Muscicapidae | familia_authority = Vigors, 1825 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. }} The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing.

This article follows Handbook of Birds of the World in including the small chat-like ground feeders previously classed with the Turdidae thrushes in this group.

The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. The nest of most is a well-constructed cup in a tree or hedge.

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