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| Pale flycatcher | |
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| in Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Agricola |
| Species: | A. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Agricola pallidus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Musicapa pallida (protonym) | |
The pale flycatcher (Agricola pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit]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]
Range
[edit]It is widely present across Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in the Congo Basin and Southern Africa.[1]
Habitat
[edit]Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 BirdLife International. (2024). "Agricola pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T22709035A263875300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22709035A263875300.en. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Müller, JW, 1851. Musicapa pallida (protonym). Naumannia, 1, Heft 4, p. 28. BHL
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
[edit]- Pale flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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