Sooty Flycatcher (Muscicapa infuscata)
About the Sooty Flycatcher
The sooty flycatcher (Artomyias fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The sooty flycatcher was formally described in 1855 by the French naturalists Jules and Édouard Verreaux under the current binomial name Artomyias fuliginosa based on a specimen collected in Gabon. The specific epithet is from Late Latin fuliginosus meaning "sooty", from Latin fuligo, fuliginis meaning "soot". Two subspecies are recognised:
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Zambia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Dusky-blue FlycatcherMuscicapa comitatarecording
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa tyrrhenicarecording
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.