Biology:White-eyed slaty flycatcher
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Short description: Species of bird
| White-eyed slaty flycatcher | |
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| Adult M. f. fischeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Melaenornis |
| Species: | M. fischeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaenornis fischeri (Reichenow, 1884)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dioptrornis fischeri | |
The white-eyed slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is native to the African highlands from Ethiopia and Kenya through Rwanda to eastern Zaire and Malawi. The sub-species M. f. toruensis occurs in Rwanda and Burundi and has an inconspicuous eye-ring.
The specific epithet commemorates the German explorer Gustav Adolf Fischer.
Gallery
Bwindi NP, Uganda
Juvenile in Kenya
M. f. toruensis
Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge, Rwanda
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Melaenornis fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22709067A94190910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709067A94190910.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22709067/94190910. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q681674 entry
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