Muscicapinae

The Muscicipinae, along with the Turdinae, form the family Muscicapidae, containing the Old World Flycatchers and their allies.

The Muscicapinae consist of the Muscicapini and Saxicolini tribes.

Chinese:

鹟 wēng is used for the flycatchers (Muscicapini). It usually forms part of a larger word, seldom (if ever) occurring alone.

鸲 qú is the official name given to the robins (Erithacus /Luscinia). However, this does not appear to be a traditional name for the birds (see Notes).

Popularly, 靛颏儿 diànkér is used for two types of robin:

• 红靛颏儿 hóng diànkér ('red dianker') for Luscinia calliope
• 蓝靛颏儿 lán diànkér (blue dianker) for Luscinia svecica.

These names are probably a corruption of 红点颏 hóng diǎn kē 'red-dot chin' and 蓝点颏 lán diǎn kē 'blue-dot chin' and it is common to see the corrected form in writing. Both are popular cage birds in China.

燕尾 yàn-wěi 'swallow-tails' is the name given to the forktails.

jí is the official name of the chats and wheatears in Mainland China. It's not clear why this has been applied to the chats; jí is traditionally an alternative form of the character 鹡 jí ('wagtail').

宽嘴鸫 kuān-zuǐ-dōng ('broad-billed thrushes') is the name given to the cochoas.

Japanese:

Japanese names of the flycatchers are as follows:

Vietnamese:

Đớp ruồi, which quite literally means 'catch-fly', is applied to all members of the Muscicapini.

Oanh is the name given to the robins. This word was originally borrowed from the Chinese yīng (鶯) meaning 'warbler'.

Đuôi đỏ or 'red-tails' is the name given to the redstarts (Phoenicurus and others).

Chích chòe or Chim chích chòe is used for the Magpie robin (Copsychus saularis) and the forktails (Enicurus). An alternative name for the forktails given by some non-specialist dictionaries is Chim bù chao.

Cô cô is the official name given the Cochoa. This is a scientific name rather than a popular one.

Sẻ bụi, literally 'dusty sparrow', is the name given to the stonechats and bushchats.