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