flycatcher
flycatcher
Definition
fly·catcher (flī′kac̸h′ər)
noun
- any of an Old World family (Muscicapidae) of small passerine birds that catch insects in flight
- tyrant flycatcher
flycatcher
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- spot: The valleys provide cover for small migrants such as the common warblers, spotted flycatcher and redstart.
- see: However, I did see Semicollared Flycatcher here, which was easily located by its call in the riverside trees.
- include: There are rare wetland species and the reserve is good for birds including spotted flycatcher, kingfishers and reed bunting.
- pi: Nesting suggests global warming Pied flycatchers at Coedydd Aber are the latest to suggest that global warming is happening.
- collar: Collared Flycatchers are regularly found in the extensive forest of Bialowieza.
- find: After returning to the hotel I took a last turn around the gardens for an hour before dusk in the hope of finding flycatchers.
Preposition: in
- summer: The usual woodland birds can be seen including blackcap, garden warbler and spotted flycatcher in summer.
Adjective modifier
- pied: Some of their findings are illustrated in Figure 4. For how many female pied flycatchers did they observe mate choice decisions in the field?
- spotted: Spotted flycatcher: a common migrant, noted in small numbers at many sites.
- red-breasted: Or, come to that, golden eagle, red-breasted flycatcher, or zebra mussel?
- common: Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Seen daily in variable number from 18 th 23 rd and the commonest widespread flycatcher.
- black: Northern black flycatcher -- Singles on 3 dates in the Kotu area.
- little: A flock of Scarlet Macaws was screaming by overhead while we working some nasty little flycatcher.
Modifies a noun
- specie: Near the entrance we saw house wren, a perching gray hawk, an abundance of great kiskadees and several other flycatcher species.
- nest: Blackcap, sedge warbler and spotted flycatcher nest here, while swallows and house martins hawk for insects.
Noun used with modifier
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