Sooty flycatcher

Sooty flycatcher
illustration by Keulemans, 1879
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Artomyias
Species:	A. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Artomyias fuliginosa (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855)
Synonyms
Muscicapa infuscata Cassin, 1855 Bradornis fuliginosus

The sooty flycatcher (Artomyias fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

The sooty flycatcher was formally described in 1855 by the French naturalists Jules and Édouard Verreaux under the current binomial name Artomyias fuliginosa based on a specimen collected in Gabon. ^{[2] [3]} The specific epithet is from Late Latin fuliginosus meaning "sooty", from Latin fuligo, fuliginis meaning "soot". ^[4]

Two subspecies are recognised: ^[5]

• A. f. fuliginosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855 – south Nigeria to central DR Congo and Angola
• A. f. minuscula Grote, 1922 – east DR Congo and Uganda

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Artomyias fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
2. Verreaux, J.; Verreaux, E. (1855). "Oiseaux nouveaux du Gabon". Journal für Ornithologie (in French). 3 (14): 101-106 [104].
3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 324.
4. Jobling, James A. "fuliginosa". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 March 2025.