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Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher
Melaenornis ardesiacus
The yellow-eyed black flycatcher (Melaenornis ardesiacus) is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.
From the article Yellow-eyed black flycatcher on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The chin, lores and forehead are blackish, the rest of the plumage is a deep blue-grey. It differs from the Northern black flycatcher and Southern black flycatcher by having pale eyes. The sexes are similar. The juvenile has whitish spots on the breast. The immature is not properly described.
Range & habitat
This species is found in the African Rift Valley from southern Uganda to northern Tanzania. It is generally found at an altitude of 1300-2450 metres. They occupy edges of forests and forest clearings.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13187.