Angolan Slaty Flycatcher (Melaenornis brunneus) [XC699983]
by Ken Behrens from Morro do Moco - higher areas (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Angola (call)
Angolan Slaty Flycatcher (Melaenornis brunneus) [XC699982]
by Ken Behrens from Morro do Moco - higher areas (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Angola (call)
Subspecies
Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis chocolatinus), White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) and Angola Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis brunneus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include fischeri and brunneus as subspecies of chocolatinus in the genus Melaenornis.
Forms a superspecies with White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) and Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis chocolatinus), and all are sometimes considered conspecific, but degree of difference and distributions suggest that treatment as allospecies is better.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
brunneus (Cabanis, 1886) - Western Angola (Cuanza Norte, northern Cuanza Sul, western Malanje).
bailunduensis (Neumann, 1929) - Western Angola, from highlands of southern Cuanza Sul and Huambo south to Huíla (likely also in highlands of eastern Benguela).