African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta - Gobemouche sombre

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Muscicapa
Species
:
adusta

Descriptor

Boie, F, 1828

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 10 à 13 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

Muscicapa adusta adusta (s South Africa)
Muscicapa adusta poensis (se Nigeria to c Cameroon, Bioko I.)
Muscicapa adusta pumila (n Cameroon to s Sudan, c Kenya and n Tanzania)
Muscicapa adusta minima (Eritrea and Ethiopia)
Muscicapa adusta subadusta (Angola to nw Mozambique and e Zimbabwe)
Muscicapa adusta marsabit (n Kenya)
Muscicapa adusta murina (se Kenya and ne Tanzania)
Muscicapa adusta fuelleborni (s and w Tanzania)
Muscicapa adusta mesica (Zimbabwe. except e.)
Muscicapa adusta fuscula (n and e South Africa)

Foreign names

Gobemouche sombre,
Papamoscas sombrío,
papa-moscas-sombrio,
Dunkelschnäpper,
natali légykapó,
Kaapse Vliegenvanger,
Pigliamosche fosco africano,
mörkgrå flugsnappare,
Smussfluesnapper,
muchár tmavý,
lejsek horský,
Mørk Fluesnapper,
vuoriharmaasieppo,
Donkervlieëvanger,
papamosques fosc,
muchołówka myszata,
Тёмная мухоловка,
アフリカコサメビタキ,
暗鹟,
幽暗鶲,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas