Grey tit-flycatcher

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.

Grey tit-flycatcher
Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myioparus
Species:
M. plumbeus
Binomial name
Myioparus plumbeus
(Hartlaub, 1858)

Range and habitat

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.

gollark: 700d10
gollark: 1000d10
gollark: 100d10
gollark: thecryoapioform
gollark: ++tel setup

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myioparus plumbeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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