Angola Slaty Flycatcher

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Angola Slaty Flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Melaenornis Species: M. brunneus
Binomial name
Melaenornis brunneus (Cabanis, 1886)
Synonyms
Dioptrornis brunneus

The Angola Slaty Flycatcher, Melaenornis brunneus , is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

It is native to parts of south-west Africa including Angola as the name might suggest.

This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 60,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population size criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., less than 10,000 mature individuals in conjunction with appropriate decline rates and subpopulation qualifiers), even though the species is described as 'uncommon' in at least parts of its range (Dean 2000). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Dioptrornis brunneus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 03 May 2007. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern