Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) - HBW 11, p. 105

French: Gobemouche de Fischer German: Bergdrongoschnäper Spanish: Papamoscas de Fischer
Other common names: East African/Fischer’s Slaty Flycatcher

Taxonomy: Dioptrornis Fischeri Reichenow, 1884, Mount Meru, Tanzania.
Forms a superspecies with M. brunneus and M. chocolatinus, and all three are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Dioptrornis; they are sometimes considered conspecific, but degree of difference and distributions suggest that treatment as allospecies is better. Birds from SW Tanzania and adjacent DRCongo described as race ufipae on basis of whiter throat and belly, but considered a pale form of nyikensis. Four subspecies recognized.

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