Pale Flycatcher (Melaenornis pallidus)
About the Pale Flycatcher
The pale flycatcher (Agricola pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. 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. It was subsequently moved to the genus Agricola based on a study published in 2023. It is widely present across Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in the Congo Basin and Southern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Pale flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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Listed as recorded in Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- White-eyed Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis fischerirecording
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