Fiscal Flycatcher (Melaenornis silens) [XC645446]
by Lynette Rudman from City of Matlosana (near Reebokfontein Wes), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)
Fiscal Flycatcher (Melaenornis silens) [XC674313]
by Lynette Rudman from 12 Willeton Road (near Grahamstown), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (dawn song)
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.