Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Melaenornis Higher classification Bradornis | Phylum Chordata Family Muscicapidae Scientific name Bradornis pallidus Rank Species | |
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Similar Melaenornis, Northern black flycatcher, White‑eyed slaty flycatcher, Southern black flycatcher, Ashy flycatcher | ||
The pale flycatcher (Melaenornis pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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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.
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, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
