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 Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A bird showing comfort behaviour and moving. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched in a tree Locality Abijatta-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Keith Blomerley 7 April 2002 3 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 5 years ago 34 sec 3.7
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an adult feeding young
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania (ssp microrhynchus)
M P Goodey 1 January 2006 29 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult
Locality Serengeti Sopa Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Martin Hale 28 July 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pumilus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 1 year ago 3.5 -
adult
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Hervé MICHEL 1 November 2007 2 years ago 3
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