Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) - HBW 11, p. 108
French: Gobemouche argenté
German: Silberschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Plateado
Taxonomy: Muscicapa semipartita Rüppell, 1840, Gondar, Ethiopia.
In the past was sometimes placed in genus Melaenornis, but differs markedly from latter in plumage colours, domed nest, and song. Clinal increase in wing length, from 82-95 mm in Sudan to 95-101 mm in E Africa; proposed race kavirondensis (NE Uganda, W Kenya and Tanzania) considered to represent part of this cline. Monotypic.
Distribution: W & S Sudan, W Ethiopia, N & E Uganda, W Kenya and N Tanzania (S to C Tabora and N Dodoma).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird looking for food Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 October 2010 50 weeks ago 1 min 13 sec 4.5 -
An adult in a tree, calling Locality Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
An adult in a tree and flying away Locality Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A juvenile, showing its distinctive plumage, feeding on the ground Locality Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 4 -
An adult in a bush Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 4 years ago 23 sec 3.9
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Lone bird in an acacia
Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
auf 1 August 2009 1 year ago 3 -
Perched in acacia tree
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Jason Anderson 11 November 2010 1 year ago 2.8
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