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Photo © by volker sthamer
Pian Upe National Park, Uganda, 17 January 2020

Alternative name: Large Flycatcher; Large Grey Flycatcher

Bradornis microrhynchus

Includes: Little Grey Flycatcher (or Ethiopian or Small Grey Flycatcher)
See here for Muscicapa epulata (Little Grey Flycatcher)

Identification

14 cm (5½ in)

  • Grey upperparts, sides of head, neck, scapulars and uppertail-coverts

Distribution

Photo by balticbird
Ethiopia, February 1997

Africa:
Western Africa: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia

Taxonomy

Like all members of the genus Bradornis this species is sometimes included in Melaenornis as Melaenornis microrhynchus[2].

Subspecies

Five subspecies recognized.[1]

  • B. m. neumanni:
  • B. m. pumilus:
  • B. m. burae:
  • B. m. microrhynchus:
  • B. m. taruensis:

Sometimes Bradornis pumilus is split from this species, called Little Grey Flycatcher, Ethiopian Flycatcher or Small Grey Flycatcher.

Habitat

Dry country, open thornbush and scrub, including acacia.

Behaviour

They are generally to be found in pairs or small family groups.

Diet

Their diet consists of caterpillars, insect larvae, moths, grasshoppers and beetles.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)

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