Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bias musicus
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyPlatysteiridae (Wattle-eyes and Batises)
- GenusBias
- SpeciesBias musicus (Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher)
About the Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
The black-and-white shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus), also known as the black-and-white flycatcher or vanga flycatcher, is a species of passerine bird found in Africa. It was placed with the wattle-eyes and batises in the family Platysteiridae but is now considered to be more closely related to the helmetshrikes and woodshrikes.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher/vanga flycatcher – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher in Mkomazi National Park
LIVEiNaturalistClosest Relatives at Mkomazi National Park
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Batis minor
Short-tailed Batis
Batis mixta
Pygmy Batis
Batis perkeo
Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris usambaricus
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher
Elminia albonotata
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Selous Game Reserve | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 11 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |