Auld Warld fleecatchers | |
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White-eed slaty fleecatcher, (Melaenornis fischeri) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfaimily: | Muscicapoidea |
Faimily: | Muscicapidae Fleming J., 1822 |
Genera | |
See text |
The Auld Warld fleecatcher faimily Muscicapidae is a muckle faimily o smaa passerine birds maistly restrictit tae the Auld Warld (Europe, Africae an Asie). Thay are mainly smaa arboreal insectivores, mony o whilk, as the name implies, tak thair prey on the wing.