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Dusky Alseonax (ID?)
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Dusky Alseonax (ID?) (Muscicapa adusta)

I think this is a dusky flycatcher as it is known here, but the bird is very small. Between 10 - 14cm. Could somebody give a positive ID?
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Location
Mkhuze, KZN, RSA
Date taken
18-05-2005
Scientific name
Muscicapa adusta
Equipment used
Canon 20D 70-200mm + 2x converter.
nkgray
Of the flycatchers one might expect at Mkuze the Pallid (Mouse-Coloured) and Spotted are 15cm+ and browner. The Spotted also has definitive streaking on head, breast and flanks. The Fan-Tailed Flycatcher (Grey Tit-Flycatcher) is similar in both size and colouration but has white outer tail feathers, which the subject of your photo does not. Your ID of African Dusky Flycatcher would therefore appear to be correct. The only thing that bothers me is that it has no streaking, not even indistinct streaking, on breast and flanks. Maybe someone else could shed some light on this.
 

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