Definition of Family Muscicapidae

1. Noun. Old World (true) flycatchers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Muscicapidae

family Molossidae
family Momotidae
family Moniliaceae
family Monocanthidae
family Monodontidae
family Monotropaceae
family Moraceae
family Morchellaceae
family Motacillidae
family Mucoraceae
family Mugilidae
family Mullidae
family Muraenidae
family Muridae
family Musaceae
family Muscicapidae (current term)
family Muscidae
family Musophagidae
family Mustelidae
family Mutillidae
family Myacidae
family Mycetophylidae
family Mycobacteriaceae
family Mycoplasmataceae
family Myctophidae
family Myliobatidae
family Mylodontidae
family Myricaceae
family Myristicaceae
family Myrmecophagidae

Literary usage of Family Muscicapidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Valley of Kashmír by Walter Roper Lawrence (1895)
"Has a pleasant, low-toned, twittering note. Migrates to the plains and lower hills in winter. Family MusciCAPIDAE. Flycatchers. 200. ..."

2. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1917)
"... and primary coverts are broadly margined with •white; while on the throat are seen some faint remnants of dark and light barring. Family MUSCICAPIDAE. ..."

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