Muscicapidae

Includes chats, robins, redstarts, forktails etc. Large family of passerine insectivores.

39 unique species photographed in this family

Cliff Chat

Chat,

Little Forktail

Forktail,

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Blue Whistling Thrush

Thrush,

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Male)

Redstart,

Indian Chat

Chat,

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Thrush,

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Unsure about this ID since I got only a few glimpses of ths bird in dense foliage

Flycatcher,Unsure about this ID since I got only a few glimpses of ths bird in dense foliage

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Blue Whistling Thrush

Thrush,

Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂)

Niltava,

Bluethroat

It just felt like the Bluethroats were not only more numerous but also a lot more bolder. This one let me take my sweet time to compose the shot and click.

Bluethroat,It just felt like the Bluethroats were not only more numerous but also a lot more bolder. This one let me take my sweet time to compose the shot and click.

Alpine or Moorland or Hill Chat

Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chat,Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

White-rumped Shama (♀)

Shama,

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

This brilliantly coloured individual was flitting about near our tent.

Thrush,This brilliantly coloured individual was flitting about near our tent.

White-winged Redstart (♂)

Redstart,

Pied Bushchat (Male)

Bushchat,

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)

Rock Thrush,

White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat (♂)

Bushchat,

White-capped Redstart

Redstart,

Common Stonechat

Stonechat,

Plumbeous Water Redstart (♂)

Both the male and the female were taking turns to feed this demanding chick. She appeared bigger than either of her parents, but she'll probably shed most of her weight once she started flying.

Redstart,Both the male and the female were taking turns to feed this demanding chick. She appeared bigger than either of her parents, but she'll probably shed most of her weight once she started flying.

Black Redstart (♂)

This Redstart had just caught an insect. Photographed somewhere near the Lamuyuru monastery.

Redstart,This Redstart had just caught an insect. Photographed somewhere near the Lamuyuru monastery.

Bluethroat (♀)

Bluethroat,

Spotted Morning Thrush

Thrush,

Plumbeous Water Redstart (♀)

Photographed this female with a chick larger than her (behind) at a waterfall near Yuksom.

Redstart,Photographed this female with a chick larger than her (behind) at a waterfall near Yuksom.

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Male)

One half of a pair of Tickell's Blue that live under the foliage of a large mango tree in our farm.

Flycatcher,One half of a pair of Tickell's Blue that live under the foliage of a large mango tree in our farm.

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Red-tailed Wheatear

Wheatear,

Black Redstart

Redstart,

Blue-fronted Redstart

Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Redstart,Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Ultramarine Flycatcher (Juvenile)

Flycatcher,

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Male)

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Flycatcher,White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Indian Robin (Female)

Robin,

Desert Wheatear

This Desert Wheatear was shot near an historic fort called the Ayaz Kala in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.

Wheatear,This Desert Wheatear was shot near an historic fort called the Ayaz Kala in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.

Sooty Chat (♀)

Chat,

Verditer Flycatcher (Male)

Flycatcher,

Plumbeous Water Redstart (♂)

This male was taking a bath in one of the streams near the Bakhim campsite.

Redstart,This male was taking a bath in one of the streams near the Bakhim campsite.

White-capped Redstart

Redstart,

Black Redstart (♀)

Redstart,

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Female)

Flycatcher,

Little Pied Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Red-breasted Flycatcher (Male)

Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.

Flycatcher,Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.

Indian Robin (Male)

Robin,

White-rumped Shama (♂)

Shama,

Hodgson's Redstart

Doubtful about the ID, but I'm basing this one on having spotted the male in around the same place.

Redstart,Doubtful about the ID, but I'm basing this one on having spotted the male in around the same place.

Pied Bushchat (Female)

Bushchat,

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

Thrush,Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

Grey Bushchat (♂)

Bushchat,

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Isabelline Wheatear

Wheatear,

Common Stonechat (Female)

Stonechat,

White-winged Redstart (♀)

Redstart,

Indian Blue Robin

Robin,

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (♂)

Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.

Flycatcher,Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.