
Sooty Flycatcher
Artomyias fuliginosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855
The sooty flycatcher (Artomyias fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Most records: Uganda, Cameroon, Gabon
Where and when it's recorded
Most records: Uganda, Cameroon, Gabon
Sooty Flycatcher has been recorded at 47 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 8 countries and regions.
Records by month Southern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Kibale NPUganda180 records
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – BuhomaUganda166 records
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Buhoma TrackUganda135 records
More places
- Budongo Forest Reserve – Royal MileUganda113 records
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Waterfall WalkUganda92 records
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Entrance RoadUganda52 records
- Bakossi Mountains – Kodmin ForestCameroon24 records
- American University of Central AfricaEquatorial Guinea19 records
- Mabira ForestUganda19 records
- Mt. KupeCameroon17 records
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
About
The sooty flycatcher (Artomyias fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Questions
Where does the Sooty Flycatcher live?
Its breeding range: Africa: central. It is most often recorded in Uganda, Cameroon and Gabon.
What family is the Sooty Flycatcher in?
It belongs to the family Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
Range
Africa: central
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Artomyias
Other birds in the genus Artomyias
Ussher's FlycatcherArtomyias ussheri
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Brown Scrub RobinTychaedon signata
Forest Scrub RobinTychaedon leucosticta
Bearded Scrub RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata
Miombo Scrub RobinTychaedon barbata
Kalahari Scrub RobinCercotrichas paena
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
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- EnglishSooty Flycatcher
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