Muscicapa

Muscicapa is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, and therein to the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae. They are widespread across Europe, Africa and Asia with most species occurring in forest and woodland habitats. Several species are migratory, moving south from Europe and northern Asia for the winter.

They are small birds, 9 to 15 centimetres in length. They have a large head, short tail and a flattened bill, broader at the base. Their plumage is mostly drab brown or grey and rather plain. Young birds tend to be more spotted or mottled.

Muscicapa flycatchers typically feed on flying insects which are caught by sallying out from an exposed perch. The nest is usually cup-shaped and built on a tree branch but some African species nest in tree holes.

Species
23 to 25 different named species of Muscicapa flycatchers are recognized; one putative undescribed species is also known to exist on Sulawesi (Indonesia):
 * Grey-streaked Flycatcher or Grey-spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa griseisticta
 * Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Muscicapa muttui
 * Ferruginous Flycatcher, Muscicapa ferruginea
 * Dark-sided Flycatcher or Siberian Flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica
 * Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica
 * Brown-streaked Flycatcher, Muscicapa williamsoni
 * Ashy-breasted Flycatcher, Muscicapa randi
 * Sumba Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa segregata
 * Rusty-tailed Flycatcher, Muscicapa ruficauda
 * Yellow-footed Flycatcher, Muscicapa sethsmithi
 * African Dusky Flycatcher, Muscicapa adusta
 * Little Grey Flycatcher, Muscicapa epulata
 * Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
 * Gambaga Flycatcher, Muscicapa gambagae
 * Swamp Flycatcher, Muscicapa aquatica
 * Cassin's Flycatcher, Muscicapa cassini
 * Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Muscicapa comitata
 * Tessmann's Flycatcher, Muscicapa tessmanni
 * Boehm's Flycatcher, Muscicapa boehmi


 * Sulawesi Flycatcher, ?Muscicapa sp.

Now in Bradornis

 * Ussher's Flycatcher, Bradornis ussheri
 * Sooty Flycatcher, Bradornis infuscata

Now in Fraseria

 * Olivaceous Flycatcher, Frasieria olivascens
 * Chapin's Flycatcher, Frasieria lendu
 * Itombwe Flycatcher, Frasieria (lendu) itombwensis
 * Ashy Flycatcher, Frasieria caerulescens