Pale flycatcher

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

Pale flycatcher
in Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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) Bradornis pallidus Agricola pallidus

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]

Lake Navasha Country Club - Kenya

Range

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.^[1]

Habitat

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

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Agricola pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709035A94189782. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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.

External links

• Pale flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.