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Dusky Alseonax

Muscicapa adusta (Boie, F 1828)

The African dusky flycatcher, dusky-brown flycatcher or dusky alseonax, is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is a resident breeder in Africa from Nigeria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Ethiopia south to South Africa. It is very common in its woodland habitat, which includes riverine forests, evergreen forest edges and clearings, especially near water bodies such as lakes, dams and streams, and well-wooded suburban gardens. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Muscicapa
Scientific:
  Muscicapa adusta

Original description

Citation:
  (Boie, F 1828)

Reference:
   Isis 21 col.318

Protonym:
  Butalis adusta

Type locality:
  labeled 'Le Gobe Mouches Ondule' Auteniquoi ex Levaillant = Knysna district, Cape Province.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13244887

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6E95C4A9B92FC8BB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6E95C4A9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6E95C4A9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561232

Geographic range:

  • Muscicapa adusta adusta: southern and eastern South Africa (southern Western Cape north and east, inland from the range to fuscula, to Mpumalanga and eastern Limpopo) and western Swaziland; partially migratory, some nonbreeders to southern Mozambique
  • Muscicapa adusta poensis: Highlands of Cameroon; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
  • Muscicapa adusta pumila: Cameroon and northwestern Central African Republic; southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Rwanda, western Burundi, western Kenya, and northern Tanzania
  • Muscicapa adusta minima: Highlands of Eritrea and ne Ethiopia
  • Muscicapa adusta marsabit: N Kenya (Mt. Marsabit region)
  • Muscicapa adusta murina: Mountains of se Kenya (Taita Hills) to nw Tanzania
  • Muscicapa adusta fuelleborni: Highlands of s and central Tanzania
  • Muscicapa adusta subadusta: Angola to s Democratic Republic of the Congo, nw Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
  • Muscicapa adusta mesica: Zimbabwe (except for eastern highlands)
  • Muscicapa adusta fuscula: South Africa (coastal Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal) and eastern Swaziland; partially migratory, some nonbreeders to southern Mozambique
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Dusky Alseonax
Catalan:
papamosques fosc
Czech:
lejsek horský
Danish:
Mørk Fluesnapper
German:
Dunkelschnäpper
Spanish:
Papamoscas Sombrío
Spanish (Spain):
Papamoscas Sombrío
Finnish:
vuoriharmaasieppo
French:
Gobemouche sombre
Croatian:
mrka muharica
Hungarian:
natali légykapó
Icelandic:
Brandgrípur
Italian:
Pigliamosche fosco africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikakosamebitaki
Japanese:
アフリカコサメビタキ
Lithuanian:
Tamsioji musinukė
Dutch:
Kaapse Vliegenvanger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Smussflugesnappar
Norwegian:
Smussfluesnapper
Polish:
muchołówka myszata
Portuguese:
Papa-moscas-sombrio
Portuguese (Portugal):
papa-moscas-sombrio
Russian:
Бурая мухоловка
Slovak:
muchár tmavý
Serbian:
Tamnosmeđa muharica
Swedish:
mörkgrå flugsnappare
Ukrainian:
Мухоловка темна
Chinese:
暗鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
幽暗鶲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Gobemouche sombre ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Gobemouche sombre ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Dusky-brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Muscicapa adusta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Muscicapa adusta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Muscicapa adusta [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Dusky Alseonax ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
African Dusky Flycatcher ( Muscicapa adusta) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Muscicapa adusta [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Muscicapa adusta [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Donkervlieevanger, Donkervlieëvanger
Azerbaijani: tünd milçəkqapan
Catalan: papamosques fosc
Czech: Lejsek horský
Danish: Mørk Fluesnapper
German: Dunkelschnäpper
English: African Dusky Alseonax, African Dusky Flycatcher, Dusky Alseonax, Dusky Flycatcher, Dusky-brown Flycatcher, Little Grey Flycatcher
English, HBW: African Dusky Flycatcher
English (IOC): African Dusky Flycatcher
English (Kenya): African Dusky Flycatcher
English (United States): African Dusky Flycatcher
English (South Africa): African Dusky Flycatcher
Esperanto: Malklara muŝkaptulo
Spanish: Papamoscas Oscuro, Papamoscas Sombrío
Spanish (Spain): Papamoscas Sombrío
Spanish (HBW): Dusky-brown Flycatcher
Estonian: välu-kärbsenäpp
Finnish: Vuoriharmaasieppo
French: Gobemouche brunâtre, Gobemouche cendré, Gobemouche sombre
Croatian: mrka muharica
Hungarian: natali légykapó
Icelandic: Brandgrípur
Italian: Pigliamosche fosco africano, Pigliamosche scuro
Japanese (romaji): afurikakosamebitaki, susuirosamebitaki
Japanese: アフリカコサメビタキ, ススイロサメビタキ
Scientific: Alseonax adustus, Butalis adusta, Muscicapa adusta, Muscicapa adusta adusta
Lithuanian: Tamsioji musinukė
Dutch: Kaapse Vliegenvanger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Smussflugesnappar
Norwegian: Smussfluesnapper
Polish: mucholówka myszata, muchołówka myszata
Portuguese: Papa-moscas-sombrio
Portuguese (Portugal): papa-moscas-sombrio
Russian: Бурая мухоловка, Тёмная мухоловка
Slovak: muchár tmavý
Serbian: Tamnosmeđa muharica
Swedish: Mörkgrå flugsnappare
Swahili: Shore Kijivucheusi
Turkish: Afrika esmer sinekkapanı
Ukrainian: Мухоловка темна
Xhosa: Unomaphelana
Chinese: 暗鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 幽暗鶲

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