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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 12:13:04 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Northern Black-Flycatcher*
Id (Atlas):
Melaenornis edolioides
Description (10 )
Northern Black-Flycatcher
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Other Names (World)
Northern Black-Flycatcher, Black Flycatcher, African Black Flycatcher, Northern Black Flycatcher
Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)
Size
29 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Swainson, 1837)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, dry savanna, plantations. From sea-level - 1,800 m.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)... )
Listen to XC396316
Northern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides ) [XC396316 ]
by James Bradley from Dunga, Kisumu, Kenya (call)
Listen to XC267180
Northern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides ) [XC267180 ]
by Peter Boesman from Simbo Resort, Lake Langano, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Southern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina ).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
edolioides (Swainson, 1837) - Extreme southern Mauritania (Assaba to R Senegal), southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, northern and eastern Guinea, western and south-western Mali (including along R Niger from Mopti to Bamako), northern Ivory Coast and southern Burkina Faso east to extreme south-western Niger, Nigeria (except extreme northern and south) and western Cameroon.
lugubris (von Müller, JW, 1851) - Eastern Cameroon, southern Chad, northern and central Central African Republic, southern and south-western Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo, and from western Eritrea and western Ethiopia south to Uganda, western Kenya and northern Tanzania.
schistaceus Sharpe, 1895 - Northern and eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Northern Black-Flycatcher see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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