Silky-flycatchers - Ptilogonatidés 

The silky-flycatchers are a small family of only four species. They were formerly lumped with waxwings. The family is named for their silky plumage and their aerial flycatching techniques, although they are only distantly related to the Old World flycatchers and the tyrant flycatchers.

They occur mainly in Central America from Panama to Mexico. Most do not engage in long-distance migration (instead wandering widely in search of fruit).

They are related to waxwings, and like that group have soft silky plumage, usually gray or pale yellow in color. All species, with the exception of the Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher, have small crests. They range in size from 18 to 25 cm in length and are mostly slender birds (with the exception again of the Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher).

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