flycatcher

flycatcher
noun
  1. a perching bird that catches flying insects, especially in short flights from a perch

  2. Typical Old World flycatchers belong to the family Muscicapidae. Many others belong to the Old World family Monarchidae (monarch and paradise flycatchers) and the New World family Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers), while some belong to families Eopsaltridae (Australasia), Platysteiridae (Africa), and Bombycillidae (America)
    典型的东半球鹟科。许多其他鹟属东半球的王鹟科和西半球的霸鹟科,还有一些属于鸲鹟科鸲鹟属(澳大拉西亚),疣眼瘤鹟科(非洲)和太平鸟科(美洲)
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