AI overview
Muscicapidae is a large family of small birds found across Europe, Asia, and Africa that includes flycatchers and related species. These birds are notable for their insect-eating habits and their importance in controlling insect populations in their ecosystems.
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Species
flycatchers & batises
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae
Habitatfreshwater
Les Muscicapidae (ou muscicapidés) sont une famille de passereaux constituée de 58 genres et plus de 310 espèces. Insectivores, ils attendent leur proie, perchés sur une branche (rarement ils descendent à terre) et la capturent au vol grâce à leur bec très déprimé (plus large à la base que haut et à culmen très accentué). Généralement, ils ont un chant simple assez discret.
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Muscicapoidea
Article
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) and northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), found also in North America. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The large family includes 357 species and is divided into 57 genera.
Taxonomy