List of Old World flycatcher species


Old World flycatchers is the common name for the avian family Muscicapidae, which also includes the Old World chats. The International Ornithological Committee recognizes these 357 species in the family, distributed among five subfamilies and 57 genera.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequence
White-tailed aletheAlethe diademata 1
Fire-crested aletheAlethe castanea 2
Karoo scrub robinTychaedon coryphoeus 3
Brown scrub robinTychaedon signata 4
Forest scrub robinTychaedon leucosticta 5
Bearded scrub robinTychaedon quadrivirgata 6
Miombo scrub robinTychaedon barbata 7
Kalahari scrub robinCercotrichas paena 8
Black scrub robinCercotrichas podobe 9
Rufous-tailed scrub robinCercotrichas galactotes 10
Brown-backed scrub robinCercotrichas hartlaubi 11
White-browed scrub robinCercotrichas leucophrys 12
Oriental magpie-robinCopsychus saularis 13
Seychelles magpie-robinCopsychus sechellarum Newton, A, 186514
Philippine magpie-robinCopsychus mindanensis 15
Madagascar magpie-robinCopsychus albospecularis 16
Rufous-tailed shamaCopsychus pyrropygus 17
Indian robinCopsychus fulicatus 18
White-browed shamaCopsychus luzoniensis 19
Visayan shamaCopsychus superciliaris 20
White-vented shamaCopsychus niger 21
Black shamaCopsychus cebuensis 22
Andaman shamaCopsychus albiventris 23
Larwo shamaCopsychus omissus Copsychus barbouri, 192726
Kangean shama 27
Sri Lanka shamaCopsychus leggei 28
White-rumped shamaCopsychus malabaricus 29
Pale flycatcherAgricola pallidus 30
Chat flycatcherAgricola infuscatus 31
White-browed forest flycatcherFraseria cinerascens Hartlaub, 185732
Fraser's forest flycatcherFraseria ocreata 33
Grey-throated tit-flycatcherFraseria griseigularis 34
Grey tit-flycatcherFraseria plumbea 35
Olivaceous flycatcherFraseria olivascens 36
Chapin's flycatcherFraseria lendu 37
Ashy flycatcherFraseria caerulescens 38
Tessmann's flycatcherFraseria tessmanni 39
Angola slaty flycatcherMelaenornis brunneus 40
White-eyed slaty flycatcherMelaenornis fischeri 41
Abyssinian slaty flycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinus 42
Nimba flycatcherMelaenornis annamarulae Forbes-Watson, 197043
Yellow-eyed black flycatcherMelaenornis ardesiacus Berlioz, 193644
Northern black flycatcherMelaenornis edolioides 45
Southern black flycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina 46
Herero chatNamibornis herero 47
SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus 48
Fiscal flycatcherSigelus silens 49
Dusky-blue flycatcherBradornis comitatus 50
African grey flycatcherBradornis microrhynchus Reichenow, 188751
Marico flycatcherBradornis mariquensis Smith, A, 184752
Böhm's flycatcherMyopornis boehmi Reichenow, 188453
Ussher's flycatcherArtomyias ussheri 54
Sooty flycatcherArtomyias fuliginosus 55
Humblot's flycatcherHumblotia flavirostris Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 188556
Grey-streaked flycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta 57
Dark-sided flycatcherMuscicapa sibirica Gmelin, JF, 178958
Ferruginous flycatcherMuscicapa ferruginea 59
Brown-breasted flycatcherMuscicapa muttui 60
Ashy-breasted flycatcherMuscicapa randi Amadon & duPont, 197061
Sumba brown flycatcherMuscicapa segregata 62
Asian brown flycatcherMuscicapa dauurica Pallas, 181163
Brown-streaked flycatcherMuscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 195764
Sulawesi streaked flycatcherMuscicapa sodhii Harris, JBC, Rasmussen, Yong, Prawiradilaga, Putra, Round & Rheindt, 201465
Yellow-footed flycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi 66
Little grey flycatcherMuscicapa epulata 67
African dusky flycatcherMuscicapa adusta 68
Spotted flycatcherMuscicapa striata 69
Mediterranean flycatcherMuscicapa tyrrhenica Schiebel, 191070
Gambaga flycatcherMuscicapa gambagae 71
Cassin's flycatcherMuscicapa cassini Heine, 186072
Swamp flycatcherMuscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 186473
White-tailed flycatcherLeucoptilon concretum 74
Nilgiri blue robinSholicola major 75
White-bellied blue robinSholicola albiventris 76
Fujian niltavaNiltava davidi La Touche, 190777
Rufous-bellied niltavaNiltava sundara Hodgson, 183778
Rufous-vented niltavaNiltava sumatrana Salvadori, 187979
Chinese vivid niltavaNiltava oatesi Salvadori, 188780
Taiwan vivid niltavaNiltava vivida 81
Small niltavaNiltava macgrigoriae 82
Large niltavaNiltava grandis 83
Blue-and-white flycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana 84
Zappey's flycatcherCyanoptila cumatilis Thayer & Bangs, 190985
Nilgiri flycatcherEumyias albicaudatus 86
Indigo flycatcherEumyias indigo 87
Verditer flycatcherEumyias thalassinus 88
Buru jungle flycatcherEumyias additus 89
Turquoise flycatcherEumyias panayensis Sharpe, 187790
Matinan blue flycatcherEumyias sanfordi 91
Blue-fronted blue flycatcherEumyias hoevelli 92
Timor blue flycatcherEumyias hyacinthinus 93
Flores jungle flycatcherEumyias oscillans 94
Sumba jungle flycatcherEumyias stresemanni 95
Dull-blue flycatcherEumyias sordidus 96
White-gorgeted flycatcherAnthipes monileger 97
Rufous-browed flycatcherAnthipes solitaris 98
Pale blue flycatcherCyornis unicolor Blyth, 184399
Chinese blue flycatcherCyornis glaucicomans Thayer & Bangs, 1909100
Blue-throated blue flycatcherCyornis rubeculoides 101
Hainan blue flycatcherCyornis hainanus 102
Bornean blue flycatcherCyornis superbus Stresemann, 1925103
Malaysian blue flycatcherCyornis turcosus Brüggemann, 1877104
Palawan blue flycatcherCyornis lemprieri 105
Sunda blue flycatcherCyornis caerulatus 106
Blue-breasted blue flycatcherCyornis herioti Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1886107
Rufous-breasted blue flycatcherCyornis camarinensis 108
Philippine jungle flycatcherCyornis ruficauda 109
Sulu jungle flycatcherCyornis ocularis 110
Crocker jungle flycatcherCyornis ruficrissa 111
White-bellied blue flycatcherCyornis pallidipes 112
Brown-chested jungle flycatcherCyornis brunneatus 113
Nicobar jungle flycatcherCyornis nicobaricus 114
Grey-chested jungle flycatcherCyornis umbratilis 115
Large blue flycatcherCyornis magnirostris Blyth, 1849116
Tickell's blue flycatcherCyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843117
Indochinese blue flycatcherCyornis sumatrensis 118
Hill blue flycatcherCyornis whitei Harington, 1908119
Mangrove blue flycatcherCyornis rufigastra 120
Sulawesi blue flycatcherCyornis omissus 121
Kalao blue flycatcherCyornis kalaoensis 122
Javan blue flycatcherCyornis banyumas 123
Dayak blue flycatcherCyornis montanus Robinson & Kinnear, 1928124
Meratus blue flycatcherCyornis kadayangensis Irham, Haryoko, Shakya, Mitchell, S, Burner, Bocos, Eaton, Rheindt, Suparno, Sheldon & Prawiradilaga, 2021125
Pale-chinned flycatcherCyornis poliogenys Brooks, WE, 1880126
Fulvous-chested jungle flycatcherCyornis olivaceus Hume, 1877127
Banggai jungle flycatcherCyornis pelingensis 128
Sula jungle flycatcherCyornis colonus 129
Rück's blue flycatcherCyornis ruckii 130
European robinErithacus rubecula 131
Swynnerton's robinSwynnertonia swynnertoni 132
White-starred robinPogonocichla stellata 133
Orange-breasted forest robinStiphrornis erythrothorax Hartlaub, 1855134
Yellow-breasted forest robinStiphrornis xanthogaster Sharpe, 1903135
Olive-backed forest robinStiphrornis pyrrholaemus Schmidt & Angehr, 2008136
White-bellied robin-chatCossyphicula roberti 137
Mountain robin-chatCossyphicula isabellae 138
Red-throated aletheChamaetylas poliophrys 139
Brown-chested aletheChamaetylas poliocephala 140
White-chested aletheChamaetylas fuelleborni 141
Thyolo aletheChamaetylas choloensis 142
White-crowned robin-chatCossypha albicapillus 143
White-browed robin-chatCossypha heuglini Hartlaub, 1866144
Chorister robin-chatCossypha dichroa 145
Rüppell's robin-chatCossypha semirufa 146
Snowy-crowned robin-chatCossypha niveicapilla 147
Red-capped robin-chatCossypha natalensis Smith, A, 1840148
White-headed robin-chatCossypha heinrichi Rand, 1955149
Blue-shouldered robin-chatCossypha cyanocampter 150
Collared palm thrushCichladusa arquata Peters, W, 1863151
Rufous-tailed palm thrushCichladusa ruficauda 152
Spotted palm thrushCichladusa guttata 153
Angola cave chatXenocopsychus ansorgei Hartert, EJO, 1907154
White-throated robin-chatDessonornis humeralis Smith, A, 1836155
Cape robin-chatDessonornis caffer 156
Archer's ground robinDessonornis archeri 157
Olive-flanked ground robinDessonornis anomalus 158
Usambara akalatSheppardia montana 159
Iringa akalatSheppardia lowei 160
Rubeho akalatSheppardia aurantiithorax Beresford, Fjeldså & Kiure, 2004161
East coast akalatSheppardia gunningi Haagner, 1909162
Sharpe's akalatSheppardia sharpei 163
Bocage's akalatSheppardia bocagei 164
Short-tailed akalatSheppardia poensis 165
Lowland akalatSheppardia cyornithopsis 166
Equatorial akalatSheppardia aequatorialis 167
Gabela akalatSheppardia gabela 168
Grey-winged robin-chatSheppardia polioptera 169
White-throated robinIrania gutturalis 170
Thrush nightingaleLuscinia luscinia 171
Common nightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos Brehm, CL, 1831172
BluethroatLuscinia svecica 173
White-bellied redstartLuscinia phaenicuroides 174
White-tailed robinMyiomela leucura 175
Sumatran blue robinMyiomela sumatrana 176
Javan blue robinMyiomela diana 177
BlackthroatCalliope obscura 178
FirethroatCalliope pectardens David, A, 1877179
Siberian rubythroatCalliope calliope 180
Himalayan rubythroatCalliope pectoralis Gould, 1837181
Chinese rubythroatCalliope tschebaiewi Przevalski, 1876182
Little forktailEnicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832183
Black-backed forktailEnicurus immaculatus 184
Slaty-backed forktailEnicurus schistaceus 185
Spotted forktailEnicurus maculatus Vigors, 1831186
White-crowned forktailEnicurus leschenaulti 187
Bornean forktailEnicurus borneensis Sharpe, 1889188
Chestnut-naped forktailEnicurus ruficapillus Temminck, 1832189
Sunda forktailEnicurus velatus Temminck, 1822190
Blue-fronted robinCinclidium frontale Blyth, 1842191
Taiwan whistling thrushMyophonus insularis Gould, 1863192
Shiny whistling thrushMyophonus melanurus 193
Brown-winged whistling thrushMyophonus castaneus Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1880194
Blue whistling thrushMyophonus caeruleus 195
Javan whistling thrushMyophonus glaucinus 196
Bornean whistling thrushMyophonus borneensis Slater, HH, 1885197
Malayan whistling thrushMyophonus robinsoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1905198
Malabar whistling thrushMyophonus horsfieldii Vigors, 1831199
Sri Lanka whistling thrushMyophonus blighi 200
Great shortwingHeinrichia calligyna Stresemann, 1931201
Eyebrowed jungle flycatcherVauriella gularis 202
White-throated jungle flycatcherVauriella albigularis 203
White-browed jungle flycatcherVauriella insignis 204
Slaty-backed jungle flycatcherVauriella goodfellowi 205
Bagobo babblerLeonardina woodi 206
Himalayan shortwingBrachypteryx cruralis 207
Chinese shortwingBrachypteryx sinensis Rickett, 1897208
Taiwan shortwingBrachypteryx goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1912209
Rusty-bellied shortwingBrachypteryx hyperythra Blyth, 1861210
Lesser shortwingBrachypteryx leucophris 211
Philippine shortwingBrachypteryx poliogyna Ogilvie-Grant, 1895212
Bornean shortwingBrachypteryx erythrogyna Sharpe, 1888213
Sumatran shortwingBrachypteryx saturata Salvadori, 1879214
Javan shortwingBrachypteryx montana Horsfield, 1821215
Flores shortwingBrachypteryx floris Hartert, EJO, 1897216
Siberian blue robinLarvivora cyane 217
Indian blue robinLarvivora brunnea Hodgson, 1837218
Japanese robinLarvivora akahige 219
Izu robinLarvivora tanensis 220
Ryukyu robinLarvivora komadori 221
Okinawa robinLarvivora namiyei 222
Rufous-tailed robinLarvivora sibilans Swinhoe, 1863223
Rufous-headed robinLarvivora ruficeps Hartert, EJO, 1907224
Yellow-rumped flycatcherFicedula zanthopygia 225
Green-backed flycatcherFicedula elisae 226
Narcissus flycatcherFicedula narcissina 227
Ryukyu flycatcherFicedula owstoni 228
Slaty-blue flycatcherFicedula tricolor 229
Snowy-browed flycatcherFicedula hyperythra 230
Mugimaki flycatcherFicedula mugimaki 231
Slaty-backed flycatcherFicedula erithacus 232
Pygmy flycatcherFicedula hodgsoni 233
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcherFicedula strophiata 234
Sapphire flycatcherFicedula sapphira 235
Ultramarine flycatcherFicedula superciliaris 236
Little pied flycatcherFicedula westermanni 237
Rusty-tailed flycatcherFicedula ruficauda 238
Kashmir flycatcherFicedula subrubra 239
Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva 240
Taiga flycatcherFicedula albicilla 241
Semicollared flycatcherFicedula semitorquata 242
Atlas pied flycatcherFicedula speculigera 243
European pied flycatcherFicedula hypoleuca 244
Collared flycatcherFicedula albicollis 245
Black-and-orange flycatcherFicedula nigrorufa 246
Tanimbar flycatcherFicedula riedeli 247
Rufous-chested flycatcherFicedula dumetoria 248
Furtive flycatcherFicedula disposita 249
Palawan flycatcherFicedula platenae 250
Rufous-throated flycatcherFicedula rufigula 251
Cinnamon-chested flycatcherFicedula buruensis 252
Sumba flycatcherFicedula harterti 253
Black-banded flycatcherFicedula timorensis 254
Little slaty flycatcherFicedula basilanica 255
Bundok flycatcherFicedula luzoniensis 256
Cryptic flycatcherFicedula crypta 257
Lompobattang flycatcherFicedula bonthaina 258
Damar flycatcherFicedula henrici 259
White-browed bush robinTarsiger indicus 260
Taiwan bush robinTarsiger formosanus [Ernst Hartert|Hartert, EJO|Hartert], 1910261
Golden bush robinTarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845262
Collared bush robinTarsiger johnstoniae 263
Rufous-breasted bush robinTarsiger hyperythrus 264
Red-flanked bluetailTarsiger cyanurus 265
Qilian bluetailTarsiger albocoeruleus Meise, 1937266
Himalayan bluetailTarsiger rufilatus 267
Gould's shortwingHeteroxenicus stellatus 268
Eversmann's redstartPhoenicurus erythronotus 269
Blue-fronted redstartPhoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1831270
Blue-capped redstartPhoenicurus coeruleocephala 271
White-throated redstartPhoenicurus schisticeps 272
Plumbeous water redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus Vigors, 1831273
Luzon water redstartPhoenicurus bicolor 274
White-capped redstartPhoenicurus leucocephalus Vigors, 1831275
Przevalski's redstartPhoenicurus alaschanicus 276
Black redstartPhoenicurus ochruros 277
Common redstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus 278
Moussier's redstartPhoenicurus moussieri 279
Daurian redstartPhoenicurus auroreus 280
Hodgson's redstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni 281
Güldenstädt's redstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus 282
Blue-capped rock thrushMonticola cinclorhyncha 283
White-throated rock thrushMonticola gularis 284
Chestnut-bellied rock thrushMonticola rufiventris 285
Short-toed rock thrushMonticola brevipes 286
Sentinel rock thrushMonticola explorator 287
Amber Mountain rock thrushMonticola erythronotus 288
Forest rock thrushMonticola sharpei 289
Littoral rock thrushMonticola imerina 290
Little rock thrushMonticola rufocinereus 291
Common rock thrushMonticola saxatilis 292
Blue rock thrushMonticola solitarius 293
White-winged cliff chatMonticola semirufus 294
Cape rock thrushMonticola rupestris 295
Miombo rock thrushMonticola angolensis de Sousa, JA, 1888296
Jerdon's bush chatSaxicola jerdoni 297
Grey bush chatSaxicola ferreus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847298
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra 299
White-browed bush chatSaxicola macrorhynchus 300
White-bellied bush chatSaxicola gutturalis 301
Pied bush chatSaxicola caprata 302
White-throated bush chatSaxicola insignis Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847303
White-tailed stonechatSaxicola leucurus 304
Amur stonechatSaxicola stejnegeri 305
African stonechatSaxicola torquatus 306
Reunion stonechatSaxicola tectes 307
Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus 308
European stonechatSaxicola rubicola 309
Canary Islands stonechatSaxicola dacotiae 310
Buff-streaked chatCampicoloides bifasciatus 311
Karoo chatEmarginata schlegelii 312
Tractrac chatEmarginata tractrac 313
Sickle-winged chatEmarginata sinuata 314
Moorland chatPinarochroa sordida 315
Mocking cliff chatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris 316
Anteater chatMyrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1851317
Congo moor chatMyrmecocichla tholloni 318
Ant-eating chatMyrmecocichla formicivora 319
Mountain chatMyrmecocichla monticola 320
Sooty chatMyrmecocichla nigra 321
Rüppell's black chatMyrmecocichla melaena 322
Ruaha chatMyrmecocichla collaris Reichenow, 1882323
Arnot's chatMyrmecocichla arnotti 324
Northern wheatearOenanthe oenanthe 325
Atlas wheatearOenanthe seebohmi 326
Capped wheatearOenanthe pileata 327
Buff-breasted wheatearOenanthe bottae 328
Rusty-breasted wheatearOenanthe frenata 329
Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina 330
Heuglin's wheatearOenanthe heuglinii 331
Hooded wheatearOenanthe monacha 332
Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti 333
Western black-eared wheatearOenanthe hispanica 334
Pied wheatearOenanthe pleschanka 335
Eastern black-eared wheatearOenanthe melanoleuca 336
Cyprus wheatearOenanthe cypriaca 337
White-fronted black chatOenanthe albifrons 338
Somali wheatearOenanthe phillipsi 339
Red-rumped wheatearOenanthe moesta 340
BlackstartOenanthe melanura 341
Familiar chatOenanthe familiaris 342
Brown-tailed rock chatOenanthe scotocerca 343
Sombre rock chatOenanthe dubia 344
Brown rock chatOenanthe fusca 345
Variable wheatearOenanthe picata 346
Finsch's wheatearOenanthe finschii 347
Maghreb wheatearOenanthe halophila 348
Mourning wheatearOenanthe lugens 349
Basalt wheatearOenanthe warriae Shirihai & Kirwan, 2011350
Kurdish wheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna 351
Red-tailed wheatearOenanthe chrysopygia 352
White-crowned wheatearOenanthe leucopyga 353
Hume's wheatearOenanthe albonigra 354
Black wheatearOenanthe leucura 355
Abyssinian wheatearOenanthe lugubris 356
Arabian wheatearOenanthe lugentoides 357