Southern black flycatcher

Southern black flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Melaenornis
Species:
M. pammelaina
Binomial name
Melaenornis pammelaina
(Stanley, 1814)

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.[2][3]

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".

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Melaenornis pammelaina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22709085A132079602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709085A132079602.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Taylor, Barry (2020). "Southern Black-flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)". Birds of the World.
  3. ^ Melaenornis pammelaina