spotted flycatcher

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   common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage

   SynonymsMuscicapa striataMuscicapa grisola

   BroaderOld World flycatcher

   Part ofMuscicapa

Questions about spotted flycatcher

What does spotted flycatcher mean?

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

What is another word for spotted flycatcher?

Close synonyms include Muscicapa striata, 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 spotted flycatcher a common word?

spotted flycatcher 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.