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Definition: Myiarchus crinitus
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]