Southern Black Flycatcher
Melaenornis pammelaina
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,883
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The southern black flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina) is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae, native to open and lightly wooded areas of eastern and southern Africa. This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,000,000 square kilometres (1,500,000 sq mi). The global population size has not been quantified but the bird is listed by the IUCN as being of "Least concern".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Southern black flycatcher”.