Pale flycatcher

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Pale flycatcher
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in Kenya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Agricola
Species:
A. pallidus
Binomial name
Agricola pallidus
(von Müller, 1851)  [2]
Synonyms

Musicapa pallida (protonym)
Melaenornis pallidus
Bradornis pallidus

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The pale flycatcher (Agricola pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

The pale flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Bradornis but was moved to Melaenornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. [3] It was subsequently moved to the genus Agricola based on a study published in 2023. [4] [5]

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juvenile, Lake Navasha Country Club - Kenya

Range

It is widely present across Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in the Congo Basin and Southern Africa. [1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International. (2024). "Agricola pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T22709035A263875300. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22709035A263875300.en . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Müller, JW, 1851. Musicapa pallida (protonym). Naumannia, 1, Heft 4, p. 28. BHL
  3. ↑ Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID   20656044.
  4. ↑ Zhao, M.; Gordon Burleigh, J.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Kimball, R.T. (2023). "A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178 107646. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646 . PMID   36265831.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 July 2023.


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