Southern Black Flycatcher
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

LCLeast Concern
Family
Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The southern black flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina) is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae, native to open and lightly wooded areas of eastern and southern Africa.
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,000,000 square kilometres (1,500,000 sq mi). The global population size has not been quantified but the bird is listed by the IUCN as being of "Least concern".

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.