muscicapa striata

1. 1.

   common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage

   Synonymsspotted flycatcherMuscicapa grisola

   BroaderOld World flycatcher

   Part ofMuscicapa

Questions about muscicapa striata

What does muscicapa striata mean?

muscicapa striata means "common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage".

What is another word for muscicapa striata?

Close synonyms include spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muscicapa striata a common word?

muscicapa striata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.