Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis ardesiacus

The Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis ardesiacus) is a 29 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

29 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi.

Where to see it: Nyungwe NP · Gisakura, Ndambarare Trail (Rwanda); Kibira National Forest · Teza Tea Plantation (Burundi); Bigodi Swamp (Uganda); Kibale NP (General and Main Road, please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Uganda).

Photo: (c) Rafael Würtemberger, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist