Muscicapa

Translingual

Muscicapa striata

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin musca (“fly”) + capa, capere (“to capture”) (=flycatcher)

Proper noun

Muscicapa f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muscicapidae. A genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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