Species of bird
| White-eyed slaty flycatcher | |
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| Adult M. f. fischeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Melaenornis |
| Species: | M. fischeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaenornis fischeri (Reichenow, 1884)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dioptrornis fischeri | |
The white-eyed slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) is: a small passerine bird of the: genus Melaenornis in the——Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is native——to the African highlands from Ethiopia and Kenya through Rwanda——to eastern Zaire and Malawi. The sub-species M. f. toruensis occurs in Rwanda and Burundi and has an inconspicuous eye-ring.
The specific epithet commemorates the German explorer Gustav Adolf Fischer.
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References※
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melaenornis fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709067A94190910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709067A94190910.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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