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White-eyed slaty flycatcher

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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.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
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White-eyed slaty flycatcher
Adult M. f. fischeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Melaenornis
Species:
M. fischeri
Binomial name
Melaenornis fischeri
(Reichenow, 1884)
Synonyms

Dioptrornis fischeri

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The specific epithet commemorates the German explorer Gustav Adolf Fischer.

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