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West African Black-Flycatcher

Melaenornis annamarulae Forbes-Watson, AD 1970

The Nimba flycatcher is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is native to the West African countries of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Melaenornis
Scientific:
  Melaenornis annamarulae

Original description

Citation:
  Forbes-Watson, AD 1970

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 90 p.146

Protonym:
  Melaenornis annamarulae

Type locality:
  Grassfield, Mt. Nimba, Liberia, lat. 7° 30' N., long. 8° 35' W.; altitude ca. 550 meters.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126847#page/408/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A920880B4DD00296

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A920880B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A920880B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561024


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Melaenornis annamarulae: humid forest of eastern Sierra Leone to Liberia and southern Ivory Coast
Source: Clements checklist
English:
West African Black-Flycatcher
Catalan:
papamosques de Libèria
Czech:
lejsek liberijský
Danish:
Liberiafluesnapper
German:
Liberiadrongoschnäpper
Spanish:
Papamoscas Liberiano
Spanish (Spain):
Papamoscas Liberiano
Finnish:
liberiansieppo
French:
Gobemouche du Libéria
Croatian:
crnorepa muharica
Italian:
Pigliamosche del Nimba
Japanese (romaji):
riberiakurohitaki
Japanese:
リベリアクロヒタキ
Lithuanian:
Liberinė tamsioji musinukė
Dutch:
Nimbadrongovliegenvanger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blyflugesnappar
Norwegian:
Blyfluesnapper
Polish:
mucharka liberyjska
Portuguese:
papa-moscas-do-nimba
Portuguese (Portugal):
papa-moscas-liberiano
Russian:
Либерийская мухоловка
Slovak:
muchár nimba
Serbian:
Nimba muharica
Swedish:
nimbaflugsnappare
Ukrainian:
Мухарка ліберійська
Chinese:
利比黑鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
西非黑鶲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Avilist 2025:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Gobemouche du Libéria ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Gobemouche du Libéria ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 1st edition:
Liberian Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2021:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2022:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2023:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2024:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 3rd edition:
Liberian Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 4th edition:
Liberian Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2015:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2016:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2017:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2018:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Clements, version 2019:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 1.50:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 1.52:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 1.53:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 1.54:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 1.55:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2015:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2016:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2017:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2018:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2019:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2021:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2022:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2023:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
eBird version 2024:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Liberian Black Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Liberian Black Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Nimba Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Liberian Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Melaenornis annamarulae
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Melaenornis annamarulae
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Melaenornis annamarulae
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
West African Black-Flycatcher ( Melaenornis annamarulae)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Melaenornis annamarulae
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Melaenornis annamarulae

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: papamosques de Libèria
Czech: Lejsek liberijský
Danish: Liberiafluesnapper
German: Liberia Schnäpper, Liberiadrongoschnäpper, Liberiaschnäpper, Marulaschnäpper
English: Liberian Black Flycatcher, Liberian Black-Flycatcher, Liberian Flycatcher, Mrs Forbes-Watson's Black Flycatch, Mrs Forbes-Watson's Black Flycatcher, Mrs. Forbes-Watson's Black-Flycatch, Nimba Black-Flycatcher, Nimba Flycatcher, West African Black Flycatcher, West African Black-Flycatcher, West African Flycatcher
English, HBW: Nimba Flycatcher
English (IOC): Nimba Flycatcher
English (United States): Nimba Flycatcher
Esperanto: Gvinea muŝkaptulo
Spanish: Papamoscas de Liberia, Papamoscas Liberiano
Spanish (Spain): Papamoscas Liberiano
Spanish (HBW): Nimba Flycatcher
Estonian: ginea kärbsenäpp
Finnish: Liberiansieppo
French: Gobemouche drongo libérien, Gobemouche du Liberia, Gobemouche du Libéria, Gobemouche du Nimba, Gobemouche noir du Nimba
Croatian: crnorepa muharica
Italian: Pigliamosche del Nimba, Pigliamosche nero liberiano, Pigliamosche nero occidentale
Japanese (romaji): riberiakurohitaki
Japanese: リベリアクロヒタキ
Scientific: Melaenornis annamarulae
Lithuanian: Liberinė tamsioji musinukė
Dutch: Nimbadrongovliegenvanger, Nimba-drongovliegenvanger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blyflugesnappar
Norwegian: Blyfluesnapper
Polish: mucharka liberyjska
Portuguese: papa-moscas-do-nimba
Portuguese (Portugal): papa-moscas-liberiano
Russian: Западноафриканская чёрная мухоловка, Либерийская мухоловка, Либерийская чёрная мухоловка
Slovak: muchár nimba
Serbian: Nimba muharica
Swedish: Nimbaflugsnappare
Turkish: Nimba sinekkapanı
Ukrainian: Мухарка ліберійська
Chinese: 利比黑鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 西非黑鶲

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