Dioptrornis chocolatinus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Abyssinian slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis chocolatinus), also known as Abyssinian flycatcher, Abyssinian black flycatcher or Abyssinian chocolate flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. It is often placed in the genus Dioptrornis. It is native to Africa, where it occurs in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The Abyssinian slaty flycatcher is a rather dingy, undistinguished grey brown bird which normally perches with the typical vertical posture of an Old World flycatcher. It has a yellow eye set in a plain brownish face, the upperparts are dark sooty brown and the underparts are buff brown. It measures 15–16 cm (5.9–6.3 in) in length and weights 20–25 g (0.71–0.88 oz).
It makes various "tseep" calls and has a harsh chiiering alarm call. There are two currently recognised subspecies of Abyssinian slaty flycatcher and they are listed below with their distributions: Melaenornis chocolatinus chocolatinus (Rüppell, 1840): central Eritrea and north and central Ethiopia.
Melaenornis chocolatinus reichenowi (Neumann, 1902): western Ethiopia. The Abyssinian slaty flycatcher occurs... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher sighting in Addis Ababa on a given day, based on 146 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 109 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, August–October and December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher in Addis Ababa on a given day, against about 30% in January, May and July, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Addis Ababa, in our data
Addis Ababa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher that you can see in Addis Ababa (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Rüppell's Robin-Chat (about 50%), African Dusky Flycatcher (about 30%) and Moorland Chat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Addis Ababa (146 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
