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 Congress (IOC) recognizes these 331 species in the family, distributed among five subfamilies and 51 genera.

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
White-tailed alethe	Alethe diademata	1
Fire-crested alethe	Alethe castanea	2
Karoo scrub robin	Cercotrichas coryphoeus	3
Forest scrub robin	Cercotrichas leucosticta	4
Bearded scrub robin	Cercotrichas quadrivirgata	5
Miombo scrub robin	Cercotrichas barbata	6
Black scrub robin	Cercotrichas podobe	7
Rufous-tailed scrub robin	Cercotrichas galactotes	8
Kalahari scrub robin	Cercotrichas paena	9
Brown-backed scrub robin	Cercotrichas hartlaubi	10
White-browed scrub robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys	11
Brown scrub robin	Cercotrichas signata	12
Indian robin	Copsychus fulicatus	13
Oriental magpie-robin	Copsychus saularis	14
Rufous-tailed shama	Copsychus pyrropygus	15
Madagascan magpie-robin	Copsychus albospecularis	16
Seychelles magpie-robin	Copsychus sechellarum	17
Philippine magpie-robin	Copsychus mindanensis	18
White-rumped shama	Copsychus malabaricus	19
Andaman shama	Copsychus albiventris	20
White-crowned shama	Copsychus stricklandii	21
White-browed shama	Copsychus luzoniensis	22
White-vented shama	Copsychus niger	23
Black shama	Copsychus cebuensis	24
Fraser's forest flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	25
White-browed forest flycatcher	Fraseria cinerascens	26
Grey-throated tit-flycatcher	Myioparus griseigularis	27
Grey tit-flycatcher	Myioparus plumbeus	28
Angolan slaty flycatcher	Melaenornis brunneus	29
White-eyed slaty flycatcher	Melaenornis fischeri	30
Abyssinian slaty flycatcher	Melaenornis chocolatinus	31
Nimba flycatcher	Melaenornis annamarulae	32
Yellow-eyed black flycatcher	Melaenornis ardesiacus	33
Northern black flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides	34
Southern black flycatcher	Melaenornis pammelaina	35
Pale flycatcher	Melaenornis pallidus	36
Chat flycatcher	Melaenornis infuscatus	37
African grey flycatcher	Melaenornis microrhynchus	38
Marico flycatcher	Melaenornis mariquensis	39
Fiscal flycatcher	Melaenornis silens	40
Silverbird	Empidornis semipartitus	41
Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	42
Mediterranean flycatcher	Muscicapa tyrrhenica	43
Gambaga flycatcher	Muscicapa gambagae	44
Grey-streaked flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	45
Dark-sided flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	46
Asian brown flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	47
Sulawesi streaked flycatcher	Muscicapa sodhii	48
Brown-streaked flycatcher	Muscicapa williamsoni	49
Ashy-breasted flycatcher	Muscicapa randi	50
Sumba brown flycatcher	Muscicapa segregata	51
Brown-breasted flycatcher	Muscicapa muttui	52
Ferruginous flycatcher	Muscicapa ferruginea	53
Ashy flycatcher	Muscicapa caerulescens	54
Swamp flycatcher	Muscicapa aquatica	55
Cassin's flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	56
Olivaceous flycatcher	Muscicapa olivascens	57
Chapin's flycatcher	Muscicapa lendu	58
Itombwe flycatcher	Muscicapa itombwensis	59
African dusky flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta	60
Little grey flycatcher	Muscicapa epulata	61
Yellow-footed flycatcher	Muscicapa sethsmithi	62
Dusky-blue flycatcher	Muscicapa comitata	63
Tessmann's flycatcher	Muscicapa tessmanni	64
Sooty flycatcher	Muscicapa infuscata	65
Ussher's flycatcher	Muscicapa ussheri	66
Böhm's flycatcher	Muscicapa boehmi	67
White-gorgeted flycatcher	Anthipes monileger	68
Rufous-browed flycatcher	Anthipes solitaris	69
Hainan blue flycatcher	Cyornis hainanus	70
Pale blue flycatcher	Cyornis unicolor	71
Rück's blue flycatcher	Cyornis ruckii	72
Blue-breasted blue flycatcher	Cyornis herioti	73
White-bellied blue flycatcher	Cyornis pallidipes	74
Pale-chinned blue flycatcher	Cyornis poliogenys	75
Hill blue flycatcher	Cyornis whitei	76
Javan blue flycatcher	Cyornis banyumas	77
Large blue flycatcher	Cyornis magnirostris	78
Palawan blue flycatcher	Cyornis lemprieri	79
Tickell's blue flycatcher	Cyornis tickelliae	80
Indochinese blue flycatcher	Cyornis sumatrensis	81
Sunda blue flycatcher	Cyornis caerulatus	82
Bornean blue flycatcher	Cyornis superbus	83
Blue-throated blue flycatcher	Cyornis rubeculoides	84
Chinese blue flycatcher	Cyornis glaucicomans	85
Malaysian blue flycatcher	Cyornis turcosus	86
Mangrove blue flycatcher	Cyornis rufigastra	87
Tanahjampea blue flycatcher	Cyornis djampeanus	88
Sulawesi blue flycatcher	Cyornis omissus	89
Timor blue flycatcher	Cyornis hyacinthinus	90
Blue-fronted blue flycatcher	Cyornis hoevelli	91
Matinan blue flycatcher	Cyornis sanfordi	92
White-tailed flycatcher	Cyornis concretus	93
Russet-backed jungle flycatcher	Cyornis oscillans	94
Brown-chested jungle flycatcher	Cyornis brunneatus	95
Nicobar jungle flycatcher	Cyornis nicobaricus	96
Fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher	Cyornis olivaceus	97
Grey-chested jungle flycatcher	Cyornis umbratilis	98
Rufous-tailed jungle flycatcher	Cyornis ruficauda	99
Sula jungle flycatcher	Cyornis colonus	100
Banggai jungle flycatcher	Cyornis pelingensis	101
Fujian niltava	Niltava davidi	102
Rufous-bellied niltava	Niltava sundara	103
Rufous-vented niltava	Niltava sumatrana	104
Vivid niltava	Niltava vivida	105
Large niltava	Niltava grandis	106
Small niltava	Niltava macgrigoriae	107
Blue-and-white flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	108
Zappey's flycatcher	Cyanoptila cumatilis	109
Dull-blue flycatcher	Eumyias sordidus	110
Verditer flycatcher	Eumyias thalassinus	111
Turquoise flycatcher	Eumyias panayensis	112
Nilgiri flycatcher	Eumyias albicaudatus	113
Indigo flycatcher	Eumyias indigo	114
Streak-breasted jungle flycatcher	Eumyias additus	115
European robin	Erithacus rubecula	116
Red-throated alethe	Chamaetylas poliophrys	117
Brown-chested alethe	Chamaetylas poliocephala	118
White-chested alethe	Chamaetylas fuelleborni	119
Thyolo alethe	Chamaetylas choloensis	120
White-bellied robin-chat	Cossyphicula roberti	121
Mountain robin-chat	Cossypha isabellae	122
Archer's ground robin	Cossypha archeri	123
Olive-flanked ground robin	Cossypha anomala	124
Cape robin-chat	Cossypha caffra	125
White-throated robin-chat	Cossypha humeralis	126
Angolan cave chat	Cossypha ansorgei	127
Grey-winged robin-chat	Cossypha polioptera	128
Blue-shouldered robin-chat	Cossypha cyanocampter	129
Rüppell's robin-chat	Cossypha semirufa	130
White-browed robin-chat	Cossypha heuglini	131
Red-capped robin-chat	Cossypha natalensis	132
Chorister robin-chat	Cossypha dichroa	133
White-headed robin-chat	Cossypha heinrichi	134
Snowy-crowned robin-chat	Cossypha niveicapilla	135
White-crowned robin-chat	Cossypha albicapillus	136
Swynnerton's robin	Swynnertonia swynnertoni	137
White-starred robin	Pogonocichla stellata	138
Forest robin	Stiphrornis erythrothorax	139
Bocage's akalat	Sheppardia bocagei	140
Lowland akalat	Sheppardia cyornithopsis	141
Equatorial akalat	Sheppardia aequatorialis	142
Sharpe's akalat	Sheppardia sharpei	143
East coast akalat	Sheppardia gunningi	144
Gabela akalat	Sheppardia gabela	145
Rubeho akalat	Sheppardia aurantiithorax	146
Usambara akalat	Sheppardia montana	147
Iringa akalat	Sheppardia lowei	148
Collared palm thrush	Cichladusa arquata	149
Rufous-tailed palm thrush	Cichladusa ruficauda	150
Spotted palm thrush	Cichladusa guttata	151
Great shortwing	Heinrichia calligyna	152
Bagobo babbler	Leonardina woodi	153
Gould's shortwing	Heteroxenicus stellatus	154
Rusty-bellied shortwing	Brachypteryx hyperythra	155
Lesser shortwing	Brachypteryx leucophris	156
Himalayan shortwing	Brachypteryx cruralis	157
Chinese shortwing	Brachypteryx sinensis	158
Taiwan shortwing	Brachypteryx goodfellowi	159
White-browed shortwing	Brachypteryx montana	160
Eyebrowed jungle flycatcher	Vauriella gularis	161
White-throated jungle flycatcher	Vauriella albigularis	162
White-browed jungle flycatcher	Vauriella insignis	163
Slaty-backed jungle flycatcher	Vauriella goodfellowi	164
Indian blue robin	Larvivora brunnea	165
Siberian blue robin	Larvivora cyane	166
Rufous-tailed robin	Larvivora sibilans	167
Rufous-headed robin	Larvivora ruficeps	168
Ryukyu robin	Larvivora komadori	169
Japanese robin	Larvivora akahige	170
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	171
White-bellied redstart	Luscinia phaenicuroides	172
Thrush nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	173
Common nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	174
White-throated robin	Irania gutturalis	175
Himalayan rubythroat	Calliope pectoralis	176
Chinese rubythroat	Calliope tschebaiewi	177
Siberian rubythroat	Calliope calliope	178
Firethroat	Calliope pectardens	179
Blackthroat	Calliope obscura	180
White-tailed robin	Myiomela leucura	181
Sunda robin	Myiomela diana	182
Nilgiri blue robin	Sholicola major	183
White-bellied blue robin	Sholicola albiventris	184
White-browed bush robin	Tarsiger indicus	185
Rufous-breasted bush robin	Tarsiger hyperythrus	186
Collared bush robin	Tarsiger johnstoniae	187
Red-flanked bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	188
Himalayan bluetail	Tarsiger rufilatus	189
Golden bush robin	Tarsiger chrysaeus	190
Little forktail	Enicurus scouleri	191
Sunda forktail	Enicurus velatus	192
Chestnut-naped forktail	Enicurus ruficapillus	193
Black-backed forktail	Enicurus immaculatus	194
Slaty-backed forktail	Enicurus schistaceus	195
White-crowned forktail	Enicurus leschenaulti	196
Bornean forktail	Enicurus borneensis	197
Spotted forktail	Enicurus maculatus	198
Sri Lanka whistling thrush	Myophonus blighi	199
Shiny whistling thrush	Myophonus melanurus	200
Javan whistling thrush	Myophonus glaucinus	201
Bornean whistling thrush	Myophonus borneensis	202
Brown-winged whistling thrush	Myophonus castaneus	203
Malayan whistling thrush	Myophonus robinsoni	204
Malabar whistling thrush	Myophonus horsfieldii	205
Taiwan whistling thrush	Myophonus insularis	206
Blue whistling thrush	Myophonus caeruleus	207
Blue-fronted robin	Cinclidium frontale	208
Rusty-tailed flycatcher	Ficedula ruficauda	209
European pied flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	210
Atlas pied flycatcher	Ficedula speculigera	211
Collared flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis	212
Semicollared flycatcher	Ficedula semitorquata	213
Yellow-rumped flycatcher	Ficedula zanthopygia	214
Narcissus flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina	215
Green-backed flycatcher	Ficedula elisae	216
Mugimaki flycatcher	Ficedula mugimaki	217
Slaty-backed flycatcher	Ficedula hodgsonii	218
Rufous-chested flycatcher	Ficedula dumetoria	219
Tanimbar flycatcher	Ficedula riedeli	220
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher	Ficedula strophiata	221
Red-breasted flycatcher	Ficedula parva	222
Taiga flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	223
Kashmir flycatcher	Ficedula subrubra	224
Snowy-browed flycatcher	Ficedula hyperythra	225
Little slaty flycatcher	Ficedula basilanica	226
Rufous-throated flycatcher	Ficedula rufigula	227
Cinnamon-chested flycatcher	Ficedula buruensis	228
Damar flycatcher	Ficedula henrici	229
Sumba flycatcher	Ficedula harterti	230
Palawan flycatcher	Ficedula platenae	231
Cryptic flycatcher	Ficedula crypta	232
Bundok flycatcher	Ficedula luzoniensis	233
Furtive flycatcher	Ficedula disposita	234
Lompobattang flycatcher	Ficedula bonthaina	235
Little pied flycatcher	Ficedula westermanni	236
Ultramarine flycatcher	Ficedula superciliaris	237
Slaty-blue flycatcher	Ficedula tricolor	238
Sapphire flycatcher	Ficedula sapphira	239
Black-and-orange flycatcher	Ficedula nigrorufa	240
Black-banded flycatcher	Ficedula timorensis	241
Pygmy flycatcher	Muscicapella hodgsoni	242
Przevalski's redstart	Phoenicurus alaschanicus	243
Eversmann's redstart	Phoenicurus erythronotus	244
Blue-capped redstart	Phoenicurus coeruleocephala	245
Black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	246
Common redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	247
Hodgson's redstart	Phoenicurus hodgsoni	248
White-throated redstart	Phoenicurus schisticeps	249
Daurian redstart	Phoenicurus auroreus	250
Moussier's redstart	Phoenicurus moussieri	251
Güldenstädt's redstart	Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	252
Blue-fronted redstart	Phoenicurus frontalis	253
Plumbeous water redstart	Phoenicurus fuliginosus	254
Luzon water redstart	Phoenicurus bicolor	255
White-capped redstart	Phoenicurus leucocephalus	256
White-winged cliff chat	Monticola semirufus	257
Cape rock thrush	Monticola rupestris	258
Sentinel rock thrush	Monticola explorator	259
Short-toed rock thrush	Monticola brevipes	260
Miombo rock thrush	Monticola angolensis	261
Common rock thrush	Monticola saxatilis	262
Little rock thrush	Monticola rufocinereus	263
Blue rock thrush	Monticola solitarius	264
Chestnut-bellied rock thrush	Monticola rufiventris	265
Blue-capped rock thrush	Monticola cinclorhyncha	266
White-throated rock thrush	Monticola gularis	267
Littoral rock thrush	Monticola imerina	268
Forest rock thrush	Monticola sharpei	269
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	270
White-browed bush chat	Saxicola macrorhynchus	271
White-throated bush chat	Saxicola insignis	272
Canary Islands stonechat	Saxicola dacotiae	273
European stonechat	Saxicola rubicola	274
Siberian stonechat	Saxicola maurus	275
Stejneger's stonechat	Saxicola stejnegeri	276
African stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	277
Madagascan stonechat	Saxicola sibilla	278
Reunion stonechat	Saxicola tectes	279
White-tailed stonechat	Saxicola leucurus	280
Pied bush chat	Saxicola caprata	281
Jerdon's bush chat	Saxicola jerdoni	282
Grey bush chat	Saxicola ferreus	283
White-bellied bush chat	Saxicola gutturalis	284
Buff-streaked chat	Campicoloides bifasciatus	285
Sickle-winged chat	Emarginata sinuata	286
Karoo chat	Emarginata schlegelii	287
Tractrac chat	Emarginata tractrac	288
Moorland chat	Pinarochroa sordida	289
Mocking cliff chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris	290
White-crowned cliff chat	Thamnolaea coronata	291
Sooty chat	Myrmecocichla nigra	292
Anteater chat	Myrmecocichla aethiops	293
Congo moor chat	Myrmecocichla tholloni	294
Ant-eating chat	Myrmecocichla formicivora	295
Rüppell's black chat	Myrmecocichla melaena	296
Mountain wheatear	Myrmecocichla monticola	297
Arnot's chat	Myrmecocichla arnotti	298
Ruaha chat	Myrmecocichla collaris	299
Northern wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	300
Capped wheatear	Oenanthe pileata	301
Red-breasted wheatear	Oenanthe bottae	302
Heuglin's wheatear	Oenanthe heuglini	303
Isabelline wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	304
Hooded wheatear	Oenanthe monacha	305
Desert wheatear	Oenanthe deserti	306
Western black-eared wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	307
Eastern black-eared wheatear	Oenanthe melanoleuca	308
Cyprus wheatear	Oenanthe cypriaca	309
Pied wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	310
White-fronted black chat	Oenanthe albifrons	311
Somali wheatear	Oenanthe phillipsi	312
Red-rumped wheatear	Oenanthe moesta	313
Blackstart	Oenanthe melanura	314
Familiar chat	Oenanthe familiaris	315
Brown-tailed rock chat	Oenanthe scotocerca	316
Sombre rock chat	Oenanthe dubia	317
Brown rock chat	Oenanthe fusca	318
Variable wheatear	Oenanthe picata	319
Black wheatear	Oenanthe leucura	320
Abyssinian wheatear	Oenanthe lugubris	321
White-crowned wheatear	Oenanthe leucopyga	322
Hume's wheatear	Oenanthe albonigra	323
Finsch's wheatear	Oenanthe finschii	324
Mourning wheatear	Oenanthe lugens	325
Arabian wheatear	Oenanthe lugentoides	326
Kurdish wheatear	Oenanthe xanthoprymna	327
Red-tailed wheatear	Oenanthe chrysopygia	328
Boulder chat	Pinarornis plumosus	329
Herero chat	Namibornis herero	330
Humblot's flycatcher	Humblotia flavirostris	331