flycatcher

English

Etymology

From fly +‎ catcher.

Pronunciation

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Noun

flycatcher (plural flycatchers)

1. Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
2. Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.

Derived terms

• Acadian flycatcher
• ash-throated flycatcher
• Asian brown flycatcher
• Atlas flycatcher
• Atlas pied flycatcher
• black-billed flycatcher
• black-capped flycatcher
• black-tailed flycatcher
• blue-and-white flycatcher
• blue flycatcher
• blue-throated flycatcher
• boat-billed flycatcher
• broad-billed flycatcher
• brown-breasted flycatcher
• brown-crested flycatcher
• canary-flycatcher
• collared flycatcher
• dark-sided flycatcher
• dull blue flycatcher
• dusky-capped flycatcher
• European pied flycatcher
• European spotted flycatcher
• fairy flycatcher
• ferruginous flycatcher
• flycatcher-shrike
• green-backed flycatcher
• grey-capped flycatcher
• grey-streaked flycatcher
• Hainan blue flycatcher
• indigo flycatcher
• Kashmir flycatcher
• leaden flycatcher
• least flycatcher
• lemon-bellied flycatcher
• little pied flycatcher
• mangrove blue flycatcher
• mariqua flycatcher
• monarch flycatcher
• mugimaki flycatcher
• narcissus flycatcher
• New World flycatcher
• Nilgiri flycatcher
• Old World flycatcher
• olive-sided flycatcher
• pale blue flycatcher
• paperbark flycatcher
• paradise flycatcher
• piratic flycatcher
• red-breasted flycatcher
• restless flycatcher
• royal flycatcher
• rufous-gorgeted flycatcher
• rusty-tailed flycatcher
• satin flycatcher
• scissor-tailed flycatcher
• semi-collared flycatcher
• shining flycatcher
• shrike-flycatcher
• silky-flycatcher
• snowy-browed flycatcher
• social flycatcher
• spotted flycatcher
• streaked flycatcher
• taiga flycatcher
• taiga flycatcher
• tit-flycatcher
• tody-flycatcher
• Traill's flycatcher
• true flycatcher
• tufted flycatcher
• tyrant flycatcher
• ultramarine flycatcher
• verditer flycatcher
• vermilion flycatcher
• white-tailed blue flycatcher
• yellow-bellied flycatcher
• yellowish flycatcher
• yellow-olive flycatcher
• yellow-rumped flycatcher

 

Translations

bird

• Asturian: mosqueru (ast)
• Belarusian: валасянка f (valasjanka)
• Catalan: papamosques m, mastegatatxes (ca) m
• Czech: lejsek (cs)
• Dutch: vliegenvanger (nl) m
• Finnish: sieppo (fi) (Muscicapidae); tyranni (fi) (Tyrannidae)
• French: gobemouche (fr)
• German: Fliegenschnäpper (de) m
• Italian: muscicapide (it) m
• Luxembourgish: Méckefänkert m
• Romanian: muscar (ro) m
• Russian: мухоловка (ru) (muxolovka)
• Spanish: papamoscas (es) m
• Swedish: flugsnappare (sv) c
• Welsh: gwybedog m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: kärbsenäpp, kärbsepüünis
• Ido: mushokaptero (io)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mêşgir (ku)

• Swahili: shore (sw)