Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Northern Black-flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides) - HBW 11, p. 107
French: Gobemouche drongo
German: Senegaldrongoschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Drongo
Other common names: (African) Black Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Melasoma edolioides Swainson, 1837, Senegal.
Forms a superspecies with M. pammelaina. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- edolioides (Swainson, 1837) - extreme S Mauritania (Assaba to R Senegal), S Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, N & E Guinea, W & SW Mali (including along R Niger from Mopti to Bamako), N Ivory Coast and S Burkina Faso E to extreme SW Niger, Nigeria (except extreme N & S) and W Cameroon.
- lugubris (J. W. von Müller, 1851) - E Cameroon, S Chad, N & C Central African Republic, S & SW Sudan, NE DRCongo, and from W Eritrea and W Ethiopia S to Uganda, W Kenya and N Tanzania.
- schistaceus Sharpe, 1895 - N & E Ethiopia and N Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile preening and changing its perch in a euphorbia tree Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp lugubris)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile perched in a euphorbia tree Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp lugubris)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird preening Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp edolioides)
Dave Jackson 18 November 2006 4 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a dead tree, looking around Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp lugubris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 3.6 -
A bird looking around on a branch. Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp edolioides)
Paul Clarke 7 January 2003 3 years ago 14 sec 3.5 -
perching and looking around Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp lugubris)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 September 2010 51 weeks ago 26 sec 3.4
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An adult bird part of a breeding pair
Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
Very common around Gunjur.
Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
An adult bird
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp edolioides)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 January 2005 3 years ago 2.5 -
Bird near a fishmarket
Locality Hawassa, Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 October 2009 1 year ago 2.4
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