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

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bird on branch Locality Bigodi Swamp, Uganda
Jacek Nalepa 19 weeks ago 4.4
Adult Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 15 February 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3
Perched in a tree Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 17 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2
Very common around Gunjur. Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 1 year ago 4.2
A bird in the hotel grounds. Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
David Lingard 17 November 2010 1 year ago 4
Adult bird on a twig. Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
David Lingard 1 January 2008 1 year ago 4
An adult bird part of a breeding pair Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 1 year ago 4
Bird on a branch Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 21 March 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8
hiding behind a trunk Locality Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 5 January 2013 16 weeks ago 3.8
Adult sitting on a branch Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp edolioides)
MichaelP 5 December 2012 20 weeks ago 3.5
A frontal view. Locality Abijatta-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia
Ken Havard 1 November 2011 1 year ago 3.3
A partly hidden adult perched in a tree. Locality Arero, Ethiopia (ssp schistaceus)
David Beadle 30 January 2009 14 weeks ago 3.3
An adult bird Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp edolioides)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 January 2005 4 years ago 2.5
Bird near a fishmarket Locality Hawassa, Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 October 2009 2 years ago 2.4