FLYCATCHER
Etymology
Noun
flycatcher (plural flycatchers)
Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.
Source: Wiktionary
Fly"catch`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which
they take on the wing.
Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong
to the family Muscicapidæ, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa
grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are
Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannidæ, as the kingbird,
pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion
flycatcher or churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus). Certain American
flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolidæ are also called
flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher (Sylvania Canadensis), and
the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition