IOC English Name Scientific Name Comments
     
 
ORDER PASSERIFORMES
  
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Family Muscicapidae
  
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata  
Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni  
Western Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax  
Gabon Forest Robin Stiphrornis gabonensis  
Eastern Forest Robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster  
Sangha Forest Robin Stiphrornis sanghensis  
Bocage's Robin Sheppardia bocagei  
Alexander's Robin Sheppardia poensis  
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis  
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis  
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei  
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi  
Gabela Akalat Sheppardia gabela  
Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax  
Usambara Akalat Sheppardia montana  
Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei  
European Robin Erithacus rubecula  
Japanese Robin Erithacus akahige  
Ryukyu Robin Erithacus komadori  
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica  
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope  
White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis  
Rufous-headed Robin Luscinia ruficeps  
Blackthroat Luscinia obscura  
Firethroat Luscinia pectardens  
Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea  
Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane  
Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans  
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia  
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  
White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus  
Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus  
Collared Bush Robin Tarsiger johnstoniae  
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus DIS (1)
Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus PS (2)
Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus  
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis  
White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti  
Cameroon Mountain Robin Cossypha isabellae  
Archer's Ground Robin Cossypha archeri  
Olive-flanked Ground Robin Cossypha anomala  
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra  
White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis  
Grey-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera  
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter  
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa  
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini  
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis  
Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa  
White-headed Robin-Chat Cossypha heinrichi  
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla  
White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla  
Angola Cave Chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei  
Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata  
Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda  
Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata  
Forest Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucosticta  
Miombo Scrub Robin Cercotrichas barbata  
Bearded Scrub Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata  
Brown Scrub Robin Cercotrichas signata  
Brown-backed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi  
White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys  
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  
Kalahari Scrub Robin Cercotrichas paena  
Karoo Scrub Robin Cercotrichas coryphaeus  
Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe  
Herero Chat Namibornis herero  
Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis  
Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum  
Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis  
White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus  
Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris PS (3)
White-crowned Shama Copsychus stricklandii  
White-browed Shama Copsychus luzoniensis  
White-vented Shama Copsychus niger  
Black Shama Copsychus cebuensis  
Rufous-tailed Shama Trichixos pyrropygus  
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus  
Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus  
Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus  
Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus caeruleocephala  
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros  
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  
Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni  
White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps  
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus  
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri  
Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus  
Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis  
White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phaenicuroides  
Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosa  
Luzon Water Redstart Rhyacornis bicolor  
White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus  
White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura  
Sunda Robin Myiomela diana  
Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major ENG, TAX (4)
White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris PS (5)
Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale  
Grandala Grandala coelicolor  
Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri  
Sunda Forktail Enicurus velatus  
Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus  
Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus  
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus  
White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti  
Bornean Forktail Enicurus borneensis PS (6)
Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus  
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra  
White-browed Bush Chat Saxicola macrorhynchus  
White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis  
Canary Islands Bush Chat Saxicola dacotiae  
European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola PS, ENG (7)
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus PS (8)
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus ENG,DIS (9)
Reunion Stonechat Saxicola tectes  
White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus  
Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata  
Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni  
Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus  
White-bellied Bush Chat Saxicola gutturalis  
Buff-streaked Chat Saxicola bifasciata  
Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta  
Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata  
Red-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe bottae  
Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglini  
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina  
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe  
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi  
Kurdistan Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna  
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia  
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka  
Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca  
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica  
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti  
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens  
Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris  
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides  
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii  
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata  
Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola  
Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra  
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga  
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura  
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha  
Sickle-winged Chat Cercomela sinuata  
Karoo Chat Cercomela schlegelii  
Brown Rock Chat Cercomela fusca  
Tractrac Chat Cercomela tractrac  
Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris  
Brown-tailed Rock Chat Cercomela scotocerca  
Sombre Rock Chat Cercomela dubia  
Blackstart Cercomela melanura  
Moorland Chat Cercomela sordida  
Congo Moor Chat Myrmecocichla tholloni  
Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops  
Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora  
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra  
Rüppell's Black Chat Myrmecocichla melaena  
White-fronted Black Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons  
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti  
Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris  
White-crowned Cliff Chat Thamnolaea coronata  
White-winged Cliff Chat Thamnolaea semirufa  
Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus  
Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris  
Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator  
Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes  
Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis  
Pretoria Rock Thrush Monticola pretoriae  
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  
Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus  
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius  
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris  
Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus  
White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis  
Littoral Rock Thrush Pseudocossyphus imerina  
Forest Rock Thrush Pseudocossyphus sharpei  
Amber Mountain Rock Thrush Pseudocossyphus erythronotus AS (10)
Benson's Rock Thrush Pseudocossyphus bensoni  
Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata  
White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens  
Angola Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis brunneus  
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis fischeri  
Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis chocolatinus  
Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae  
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus ENG (11)
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides  
Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina  
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus  
Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus  
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus  
Ethiopian Grey Flycatcher Bradornis pumilus  
Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis  
Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens  
Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus  
Streak-breasted Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias additus  
Russet-backed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias oscillans  
Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneatus DIS (12)
Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus PS (13)
Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias olivaceus  
Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis  
Rufous-tailed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias ruficauda  
Henna-tailed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias colonus  
Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias gularis  
White-throated Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias albigularis  
White-browed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias insignis  
Slaty-backed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias goodfellowi  
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae  
Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta  
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica  
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica  
Ashy-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa randi  
Sumba Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa segregata  
Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui  
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda  
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea  
Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens  
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica  
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini  
Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens  
Chapin's Flycatcher Muscicapa lendu  
Itombwe Flycatcher Muscicapa itombwensis  
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta  
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata  
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi  
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata  
Tessmann's Flycatcher Muscicapa tessmanni  
Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata  
Ussher's Flycatcher Muscicapa ussheri  
Böhm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi  
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis  
Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus  
Humblot's Flycatcher Humblotia flavirostris  
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca  
Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera  
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis  
Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata  
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia  
Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina  
Chinese Flycatcher Ficedula elisae  
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki  
Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii  
Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria  
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata  
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva  
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla  
Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra  
White-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula monileger  
Rufous-browed Flycatcher Ficedula solitaris  
Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra  
Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica  
Rufous-throated Flycatcher Ficedula rufigula  
Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher Ficedula buruensis  
Damar Flycatcher Ficedula henrici  
Sumba Flycatcher Ficedula harterti  
Palawan Flycatcher Ficedula platenae  
Cryptic Flycatcher Ficedula crypta  
Furtive Flycatcher Ficedula disposita  
Lompobattang Flycatcher Ficedula bonthaina  
Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni  
Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris  
Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor  
Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira  
Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa  
Black-banded Flycatcher Ficedula timorensis  
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana  
Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus  
Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus  
Turquoise Flycatcher Eumyias panayensis  
Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus  
Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo  
Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus  
Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor  
Rück's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rucki  
Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher Cyornis herioti  
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes  
Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys  
Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas DIS (14)
Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris PS (15)
Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri  
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae  
Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus  
Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus  
Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides  
Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans  
Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus  
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra  
Tanahjampea Blue Flycatcher Cyornis djampeanus  
Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher Cyornis omissus  
Timor Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hyacinthinus  
Blue-fronted Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hoevelli  
Matinan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sanfordi  
White-tailed Flycatcher Cyornis concretus  
Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi  
Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara  
Rufous-vented Niltava Niltava sumatrana  
Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida  
Large Niltava Niltava grandis  
Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae  
Pygmy Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni  
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis  
Citrine Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea  

Footnotes:

  1. CHANGE: Breeding range of Tarsiger cyanurus to "n Eurasia from Finland to Japan" with split of T. rufilatus and change non-breeding range to "se Asia, Japan, Taiwan"
  2. Tarsiger rufilatus is a proposed split from T. cyanurus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
  3. Copsychus albiventris is a proposed split from C. malabaricus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
  4. CHANGE: English name of Brachypteryx major from White-bellied Shortwing to Nilgiri Blue Robin and relocated to genus Myiomela;erroneously placed in Brachypteryx.
  5. Myiomela albiventris is a proposed split from M. (Brachypteryx) major (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
  6. Enicurus borneensisis a proposed split from E. leschenaulti (Moyle et al. 2005); under review by BLI
  7. Saxicola rubicola is a proposed split from S.torquatus (Wittmann et al. 1995, Wink et al. 2002); under review by BLI."Stonechat" is traditionally spelled as one word, not two words
  8. Saxicola maurus is a proposed split from S.torquatus (Wittmann et al. 1995, Wink et al. 2002); under review by BLI.
  9. CHANGE: English name of nominate Saxicola torquatus from European Stonechat to African Stonechat, and distribution with split of S.rubicola and S.maurus.
  10. ADD: Pseudocossyphus (=Monticola) erythronotus is split from P.sharpei (Goodman & Weigt 2002; but see Outlaw et al 2007); BLI recognizes
  11. Melaenornis ardesiacus is mistakenly labelled Yellow-eyed Black Thrush in Version 1.0
  12. CHANGE: Range of Rhinomyias brunneatus to "se China to w Malaysia" with split of R. nicobaricus
  13. Rhinomyias nicobaricus is a proposed split from R. brunneatus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
  14. CHANGE: Range of Cyornis banyumas to "se China to Southeast Asia to Borneo" with split of C. magnirostris
  15. Cyornis magnirostris is a proposed split from C. banyumas (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)