Yellow-eyed black flycatcher

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Yellow-eyed black flycatcher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Melaenornis
Species:
M. ardesiacus
Binomial name
Melaenornis ardesiacus
Berlioz, 1936

The yellow-eyed black flycatcher (Melaenornis ardesiacus) is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Melaenornis ardesiacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22709090A94191891. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709090A94191891.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.