Biology:Pale flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Pale flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher - Kenya IMG 4603 (19138559049).jpg
in Kenya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Melaenornis
Species:
M. pallidus
Binomial name
Melaenornis pallidus
(von Müller, 1851)
Synonyms

Bradornis pallidus
Agricola pallidus

The pale flycatcher (Melaenornis pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

The pale flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Bradornis but was moved to Melaenornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010.[2][3] Some taxonomists place it in the genus Agricola instead.[1]

Range

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa , Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]

References


External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1318056 entry