Family
Muscicapidae (Old world flycatchers and chats)
Oenanthe oenanthe. Photo: (c) nfeddu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia). These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The family includes 324 species and is divided into 51 genera.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
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Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
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Class: Aves (Birds)
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Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Family: Muscicapidae (Old world flycatchers and chats)
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Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
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Class: Aves (Birds)
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Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
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Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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