Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Alternative name Lead-coloured flycatcher

Photo by rudydbn
Mkhuze Game Reserve, Natal, South Africa, September 2004

Myioparus plumbeus

Identification

14 cm

• Slate-grey head, sides of neck, upperparts and scapulars
• Blackish lores
• White supraloral line and eyering
• Outer tail feather is entirely white

Distribution

Widespread throughout much of sub-saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland

Taxonomy

Placed in genus Fraseria by Clements.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• M. p. plumbeus:

• Senegambia to north-western Angola, southern Ethiopia, Uganda and north-western Tanzania

• M. p. orientalis:

• Lowlands of eastern Kenya to eastern Tanzania, Mozambique and Natal

• M. p. catoleucum:

• Angola plateau to Namibia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Malawi and Natal

Habitat

Riverine forest, mature woodland and savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, particularly beetles; caterpillars, moths, grasshoppers and ants etc.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey Tit-Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey_Tit-Flycatcher

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