Editing Old World flycatcher (section)

{{Short description|Family of birds}}
{{About|the old world flycatcher family ''Muscicapidae''|the new world Tyrant Flycatcher family ''Tyrannidae''|Tyrant flycatcher||Flycatcher (disambiguation){{!}}Flycatcher}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Old World flycatchers
| image = White-eyed slaty flycatcher.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| image_caption = [[White-eyed slaty flycatcher]],<br />(''Melaenornis fischeri'')
| taxon = Muscicapidae
| authority = [[John Fleming (naturalist)|Fleming J.]], 1822
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}

The '''Old World flycatchers''' are a large family, the '''Muscicapidae''', of small [[passerine]] [[bird]]s restricted to the [[Old World]] ([[Europe]], [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, [[bluethroat]] (''Luscinia svecica'') and [[northern wheatear]] (''Oenanthe oenanthe''), found also in North America. These are mainly small arboreal [[insectivore]]s, many of which, as the name implies, take their [[prey]] on the wing. The family is relatively large and includes 357 species, which are divided into 57 [[genera]].