Grey tit-flycatcher
Grey tit-flycatcher | |
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Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Myioparus |
Species: | M. plumbeus
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Binomial name | |
Myioparus plumbeus (Hartlaub, 1858)
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The grey tit-flycatcher (Myioparus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has an extensive but patchy distribution in sub-Saharan Africa.
Range and habitat[]
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The tail is often flicked and fanned.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Myioparus plumbeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links[]
- Grey tit-flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Myioparus
- Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Birds described in 1858
- Muscicapidae stubs