Muscicapidae is a large family of small birds restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, take their prey on the wing. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. They vary 10 to 21 cm. Many species are a dull brown in color. Most have broad, flattened, bill, suited to catching insects in flight, although the few ground foraging species typically have finer bills. They live in almost every environment with a suitable supply of trees, from dense forest to open scrub. The more northerly species migrate south in winter, ensuring a continuous diet of insects. [abstracted from Wikipedia]


Genus Erithacus - 1 species

Robin (European) Erithacus rubecula   Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1) Juan Emilio  2) Causinho  3) Dick Daniels in Scotland  4) Dick - England 
4) Juvenile



Genus Ficedula
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa

Flycatcher, Red-breasted  Ficedula parva  Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 3) Hiyashi Haka  2) Charlie Westerinen - Ruby Marsh, Nevada
    4) Sures V. S. - Nandi Hills, Bangalore, India  5)   Lip Kee Yap -Keoladeo National Park, Rajastan, India
2) First Fall




Genus Luscinia
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa

Bluethroat   Luscinia svecica   Found: North America (rare), Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Photographed by:  1) Yuriy75 - Baikonur, Kazakhstan   2) Daniel_Bastaja  
    3) J M Garg - Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India  4) Hiyashi Haka
1, 2) Male  3, 4) Female  4) L. svecica svecica (Red-spotted Bluethroat



Genus Monticola  Rock-thrush
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa

Thrush, Blue Rock-  Monticola solitarius  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa 
Photographed by: 1)  Jojo2000  2) Ryan Cheng   3) Dick Daniels - Nepal



Genus Muscicapa

Flycatcher, Spotted  Muscicapa striata  Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by:  1) Ejdzej - Poland 2) L. B. Tettenborn - Germany



Genus Oenanthe
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa

Wheatear, Northern Oenanthe oenanthe   Found: North America (rare), Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by:  1) Philippe Kurlapski  2 Dick Daniels - Scotland


Wheatear, Pied  Oenanthe pleschanka  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Darren Bellerby - Crescent Island, Lake Naivasha, Kenya  2) Alastair Rae
1) Male  2) Female



Genus Phoenicurus
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa

Redstart, Black  Phoenicurus ochruros  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by:  1) JM Garg - India  2) Michael Apel    3) Frank Vassen in Poland   4) Stefan-Xp


Redstart, Common  Phoenicurus phoenicurus  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Thomas Kraft   2) Ferran Pestaña - Spain
1) Male  2) Female



Genus Saxicola
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa

Whinchat  Saxicola rubetra  Found: Europe
Photographed by: 1) Marek Szczepanek  2) Jörg Hempel - Germany


Stonechat, Siberian  Saxicola maurus  Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 3) stfbfc   2) Ray Cui 4) Darren Bellerby - Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong