Northern black flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

The northern black flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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Appearance

The northern black flycatcher is 20 centimetres long. It is a large upright long-tailed flycatcher. The adult is uniformly black. Juveniles are blackish-brown with buff scaling.

The long square-ended tail helps to distinguish this species from two other all-black insectivores, the fork-tailed drongo and the shorter-tailed and red-eyed square-tailed drongo.

Habitat

The northern black flycatcher is found in moist wooded areas and cultivation. It nests in a hole or reuses the old nest of another species, and lays two or three eggs. Breeding takes place in the wet season.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMuscicapidae
GenusMelaenornis
SpeciesM. edolioides
Photographed in
Gambia