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Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher
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Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher
Melaenornis chocolatinus
The Abyssinian slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis chocolatinus), also known as Abyssinian flycatcher, Abyssinian black flycatcher or Abyssinian chocolate flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. It is often placed in the genus Dioptrornis. It is native to Africa, where it occurs in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
From the article Abyssinian slaty flycatcher on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Abyssinian slaty flycatcher is a rather dingy, undistinguished grey brown bird which normally perches with the typical vertical posture of an Old World flycatcher. It has a yellow eye set in a plain brownish face, the upperparts are dark sooty brown and the underparts are buff brown. It measures 15–16 cm (5.9–6.3 in) in length and weights 20–25 g (0.71–0.88 oz).
Voice. It makes various "tseep" calls and has a harsh chiiering alarm call.
Range & habitat
There are two currently recognised subspecies of Abyssinian slaty flycatcher and they are listed below with their distributions:
Melaenornis chocolatinus chocolatinus (Rüppell, 1840): central Eritrea and north and central Ethiopia. Melaenornis chocolatinus reichenowi (Neumann, 1902): western Ethiopia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and subspecies”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145019.