spotted flycatcher

spotted flycatcher

n (Animals) a European woodland songbird, Muscicapa striata, with a greyish-brown streaked plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)

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spotted flycatcher - common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumageMuscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striataflycatcher, Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the winggenus Muscicapa, Muscicapa - type genus of the Muscicapidae