Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus) - HBW 11, p. 104
French: Gobemouche à petit bec
German: Strichelkopfschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Piquicorto
Other common names: Grey/Greyish/Large Flycatcher; Little Grey Flycatcher (pumilus, neumanni)
Taxonomy: Bradyornis [sic] microrhyncha Reichenow, 1887, Irangi (= Kondoa Irangi) district, Tanzania.
Genus often merged with Melaenornis. Morphologically distinctive race pumilus has been regarded as a separate species, sometimes with neumanni as a race. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pumilus Sharpe, 1895 - C Ethiopia and N Somalia.
- neumanni Hilgert, 1908 - S Sudan, S Ethiopia, N Kenya and C Somalia.
- burae Traylor, 1970 - SE Somalia and E Kenya.
- pumilus Sharpe, 1895 - C Ethiopia and N Somalia.
- neumanni Hilgert, 1908 - S Sudan, S Ethiopia, N Kenya and C Somalia.
- burae Traylor, 1970 - SE Somalia and E Kenya.
- microrhynchus Reichenow, 1887 - SW Kenya and N, C & W Tanzania.
- taruensis van Someren, 1921 - SE Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds feeding on the ground. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A bird showing comfort behaviour and moving. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched in a tree Locality Abijatta-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Keith Blomerley 7 April 2002 5 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A bird on the top of a tree Locality Wabi Shabelle, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 34 sec 3.7 -
A dorsal and shaky view of a perched bird. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (ssp microrhynchus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 February 2012 39 weeks ago 11 sec 3.5
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an adult feeding young
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania (ssp microrhynchus)
M P Goodey 1 January 2006 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird in a bush.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Stefan Helming 29 December 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
David Beadle 31 January 2009 15 weeks ago 4 -
Adult
Locality Serengeti Sopa Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp microrhynchus)
Martin Hale 28 July 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 3 years ago 4 -
adult
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Hervé MICHEL 1 November 2007 3 years ago 3
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