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Type Words
Synonyms new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher
Type of tyrannid
Has types phoebe, phoebe bird, pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, sayornis phoebe, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, wood pewee, contopus virens, cotinga, firebird, kingbird, muscivora-forficata, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, vermillion flycatcher, chatterer, tyrannus tyrannus
Type Words
Synonyms old world flycatcher, true flycatcher
Type of oscine, oscine bird
Has types muscicapa grisola, whistler, spotted flycatcher, muscicapa striata, thickhead

Examples of flycatcher

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Unfortunately, pewees are dull and nondescript members of the flycatcher family.
From the post-gazette.com
Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, on branch of apple tree, August 2008.
From the guardian.co.uk
A medium-size bird flitting in the treetops turned out to be a great crested flycatcher.
From the charlotteobserver.com
I'd long hoped to see a great kiskadee, a South Texas flycatcher that also dives for fish.
From the kentucky.com
Goodbye, whippoorwill, great-crested flycatcher, red-bellied woodpecker and mockingbird.
From the thenewstribune.com
Bird watchers look for a pine flycatcher that has been spotted in Choke Canyon State Park.
From the dallasnews.com
Child's Meadow is especially critical for declining species such as the willow flycatcher.
From the sacbee.com
Big head, big bill and fly-catching behavior indicate it's a flycatcher.
From the post-gazette.com
The scissor-tailed flycatcher, with its ridiculously long tail, sits on the utility wires.
From the dispatch.com
More examples
  • Old World flycatcher: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
  • Flycatcher, or Prince Ambrose and later King Ambrose, is a fictional character in the comic book series Fables, created by Bill Willingham. He is based on the Frog Prince and first appeared in Fables #1 (July 2002).
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