'Muscicapa grisola' definitions:
Definition of 'Muscicapa grisola'
From: WordNet
noun
Common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage [syn: spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola]
Definition of 'Muscicapa grisola'
From: GCIDE
- Beambird \Beam"bird`\, n. (Zool.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muscicapa grisola'
From: GCIDE
- Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zool.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher. [1913 Webster]