Foothills of eastern Usambara Mts (once in western Usambaras at 1000 m), in north-eastern Tanzania.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.
Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through pit-sawing, and cultivation and pole-cutting, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Singly, in pairs or in mixed-species flocks.
Voice
Usually silent, but utters a series of thin, squeaky notes.
Usambara Hyliota (Hyliota usambara) [XC510183]
by id from East Usambara lowland forest, Tanga, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus has in the past been placed variously with the Old World flycatchers (in family Muscicapidae), with the monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae) or with the batises and wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae). Although plumage resembles that of some muscicapid flycatchers of genus Ficedula, and nest is like that of platysteirids, the nestling mouth spots, the unspotted juvenile plumage and behaviour are all typical of present family. Has often treated as a subspecies of Southern Hyliota (Hyliota australis), but is sexually monomorphic and has several distinctive plumage characters.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet