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 LC    Boehm's Flycatcher* Id (Atlas):
    Bradornis boehmi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Bohm's Flycatcher, Boehm's Flycatcher, Dusky Blue Flycatcher

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1884)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Central plateau of Angola, much of Zambia (largely absent in far northern and south, and in Luangwa Valley), southern and south-eastern DRCongo (southern Kasai, Katanga), western Malawi (Rumphi south to Mchinji) and south-western Tanzania (Tabora south-west to Ugalla Game Reserve).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
B\u00f6hm's Flycatcher (Muscicapa boehmi) [XC297974]
     by Peter Boesman from Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, southern access road, Central Region, Malawi (call, flight?)

 
B\u00f6hm's Flycatcher (Muscicapa boehmi) [XC699505]
     by Dries Van de Loock from Mutinondo Wilderness, Northern Province, Zambia (begging call, call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Myopornis, on grounds of bill structure, which approaches that of Bradornis.


References
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Files:
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