flycatcher
any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
Also called tyrant flycatcher. any of numerous similar American birds of the family Tyrannidae.
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How to use flycatcher in a sentence
Many birds, such as the pied flycatcher, rely on fat insect larvae to feed their young.
Around the world, birds are in crisis | Alison Pearce Stevens | December 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsMyiodynastes luteiventris luteiventris Sclater: Sulfur-bellied flycatcher.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasMyiozetetes similis texensis (Giraud): Vermilion-crowned flycatcher.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasMyiarchus tuberculifer platyrhynchus Ridgway: Olivaceous flycatcher.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasMay and June are the months in which to look for the nests of that superb bird—the paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar
In the breeding season the cock sings a sweet little lay—an abridged version of that of the fantail flycatcher.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for flycatcher
/ (ˈflaɪˌkætʃə) /
any small insectivorous songbird of the Old World subfamily Muscicapinae, having small slender bills fringed with bristles: family Muscicapidae: See also spotted flycatcher
any American passerine bird of the family Tyrannidae
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