Found 2 items, similar to Muscicapa grisola.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Muscicapa grisola Muscicapa grisola n : common European woodland flycatcher with grayish-brown plumage [syn: spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Muscicapa grisola Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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] Beambird \Beam"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building. [1913 Webster]