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The chin, lores and forehead are blackish, the rest of the plumage is a deep blue-grey. It differs from the Northern black flycatcher and Southern black flycatcher by having pale eyes. The sexes are similar. The juvenile has whitish spots on the breast. The immature is not properly described. Voice: Calls have been recorded as raap, raap and a harsh tch-tchec.
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When to see the Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
The yellow-eyed black flycatcher is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.
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Easily confused with
Abyssinian Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinusThe Abyssinian slaty flycatcher is a rather dingy, undistinguished grey brown bird which normally perches with the typical vertical posture of an Old World flycatcher.
Nimba FlycatcherMelaenornis annamarulaeThe Nimba flycatcher is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Angola Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis brunneusThe Angola slaty flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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