Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Yellow-eyed Black-flycatcher (Melaenornis ardesiacus) - HBW 11, p. 106
French: Gobemouche de Berlioz
German: Gelbaugen-Drongoschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas de Berlioz
Other common names: Berlioz’s Black Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Meloenornis [sic] ardesiaca Berlioz, 1936, Mbwahi, west of Lake Kivu, c. 2000 m, DRCongo.
Often included in a superspecies with M. edolioides and M. pammelaina, but is a distinct montane form and better separated. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountain forests of Albertine Rift in SW Uganda (Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest), NW Rwanda (W of Crête Zaïre-Nil) and E DRCongo (W of L Edward to Ruzizi area, and Itombwe highlands to N end of L Tanganyika).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird singing twice Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 September 2006 4 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
A perched bird singing twice before flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch and flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 2.9 -
rear view perched in canopy Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 2 June 2004 28 weeks ago 16 sec 2.3
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An individual perches stealthily as a flock moves through
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Christian Boix Hinzen 2 August 2008 2 years ago 3 -
Perched
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 21 October 2010 1 year ago 2.4
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