Flycatcher may refer to:
Birds
Major flycatcher families
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Old World flycatchers, Muscicapidae
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Tyrant flycatchers, Tyrannidae
Minor flycatcher families
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Fairy flycatchers, Stenostiridae
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Monarch flycatchers, Monarchidae
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Silky-flycatchers, Ptiliogonatidae
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Yellow flycatchers, Erythrocercidae
Other birds known as flycatchers
* Flycatcher thrushes or
Rufous thrush
The rufous thrushes, also known as flycatcher-thrushes, are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus ''Stizorhina'' of the thrush family Turdidae. These are African forest dwelling species. They are sometimes placed in the genus ''Neocossyp ...
es, in the thrush family Turdidae
* Flycatchers or
flyrobins, in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae
* Bearded flycatchers or
Myiobius
''Myiobius'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Tityridae. The genus was previously considered to belong to the Tyrannidae.
The genus ''Myiobius'' was erected in 1839 by George Robert Gray in the section on birds in ''The Zoology of th ...
, in the passerine family Tityridae
* Dohrn's flycatcher or
Dohrn's thrush-babbler, in the warbler genus ''Sylvia''
Other uses
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HMS Flycatcher
HMS ''Flycatcher'' was a stone frigate name for the Royal Navy's headquarters for its Mobile Naval Air Bases which supported their Fleet Air Arm units.
''Flycatcher'' was based first at RNAS Ludham, Norfolk then moved to Middle Wallop.
On 1 Apr ...
, a former UK military base.
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Fly-killing device
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Flycatcher (comics), a character in the Vertigo comic book ''Fables''
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Flycatcher (radar)
The Flycatcher (KL/MSS-6720) radarsystem is a dual I/J/K-Band short range air defense fire control system. It has an all-weather capability and track-while-scan capability and can simultaneously control three anti-aircraft guns or SAM rocket lau ...
, a short range air defense fire control system
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Fairey Flycatcher
The Fairey Flycatcher was a British single-seat biplane carrier-borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation Company which served from 1923 to 1934. It was produced with a conventional undercarriage for carrier use, although this could be exc ...
, a British fighter aircraft of the 1920s–1930s
* "
The Frog Prince", a fairy tale, some of whose versions are dubbed "Flycatcher"
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