Scientific name Melaenornis Higher classification Old World flycatcher Order Passerine | Family Muscicapidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Southern black flycatcher, Northern black flycatcher, Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher, Yellow‑eyed black flycatcher, Nimba flycatcher | ||
Northern black flycatcher melaenornis edolioides
Melaenornis is a genus of small passerine birds in the large family Muscicapidae commonly known as the Old World flycatchers. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Northern black flycatcher melaenornis edolioides
Species
The genus contains the following species:
This genus formerly included fewer species. The results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 led to a reorganization of the Old World flycatchers family in which the four species in Bradornis and the single species in Sigelus were merged into Melaenornis.
References
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