Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

The Southern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina) is a 30 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

30 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, eSwatini, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola.

Where to see it: Dunes de Dovela (Mozambique); Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary (Eswatini); Mbuluzi Game Reserve (Eswatini); Hlane Royal NP · Ndlovu Camp (Eswatini); Amano Christian School (Zambia).

Photo: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist