muscicapa

[Lat. musca =fly, and capio = to take, to catch.] Ornith.: Flycatcher (q. v.); the typical genus of the family Muscicapidae (q. v.). Bill short; nostrils partly hidden by plumes. Wings, third and fourth quills longest, first very short. Tail even; front toes short, hind toe long. Twelve species from Europe and Africa. the compound.)