Pale flycatcher
| Pale flycatcher | |
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| File:Pale Flycatcher - Kenya IMG 4603 (19138559049).jpg | |
| in Kenya | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Agricola |
| Species: | A. pallidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Agricola pallidus (von Müller, 1851) [2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Musicapa pallida (protonym) | |
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The pale flycatcher (Agricola pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]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.[3] It was subsequently moved to the genus Agricola based on a study published in 2023.[4][5]
Range
[edit | edit source]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, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]
References
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- ^ Müller, JW, 1851. Musicapa pallida (protonym). Naumannia, 1, Heft 4, p. 28. BHL
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Pale flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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