OW Flycatchers, Chats, Nuthatches and Wrens
Old World Flycatchers and Chats (Muscicapidae) are part of Muscicapoidea placed in Passeriformes. Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) are small to medium-sized arboreal birds that hunt on flying insects from perches in trees or bushes. Chats (Muscicapidae) are small insectivorous ground-feeding birds formerly part of the thrushes (Turdidae) family. Nuthatches (Sittidae) and Wrens (Troglodytidae) placed in Certhioidea which a sister to Muscicapoidea, see Taxonomy note at the end of this page.
Old World Flycatchers, Chats, Nuthatches and Wrens
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Old World Flycatchers and Chats Notes
Displayed species in the gallery are ‘Red List 2019’ assessed as ‘Least Concern’. I photographed the featured flycatchers in Singapore and the chats in England.
Nuthatches, Wrens, OW Flycatchers and Chats Taxonomy
The figure shows a simplified taxonomy family tree relevant to the Nuthatches, Wrens, OW Flycatchers and Chats photo album and a second Muscicapoidea photo album.
J Boyd’s Taxonomy in Flux Checklist states that Certhioidea is likely sister to Muscicapoidea or treated as an integral part of Muscicapoidea.
Following the preference for the independent superfamily Certhioidea comprises:
(a) Nuthatches (Sittidae),
(b) Wrens (Troglodytidae).
Muscicapoidea breaks into two clades. This photo album contains the first family in the first clade:
(a) Old World Flycatchers and Chats (Muscicapidae).
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