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
- No sound recordings available yet
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