Fiscal Flycatcher (Melaenornis silens) [XC742100]
by Dawie de Swardt from Hertzberg, near Tierpoort, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (call)
Fiscal Flycatcher (Melaenornis silens) [XC488514]
by Frank Lambert from JB Marks Local Municipality, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Melaenornis, but latter and Fraseria probably closer to each other than either is to present genus.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
lawsoni Clancey, 1966 - Southern and south-eastern Botswana and northern South Africa (Northern Cape east to North West Province and extreme western Free State).
silens (Shaw, 1809) - South Africa from south-western western Cape and Karoo east to Free State, northern Province and interior KwaZulu-Natal, also western Swaziland and Lesotho lowlands. Non-breeding also on coastal plain from southern Mozambique south to KwaZulu-Natal.