African Gray Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Bradornis microrhynchus
Protonym:  Bradyornis microrhyncha J.Orn. 35 p.62
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Bradornis
Taxonomy Code:  afgfly1
Type Locality:  Irangi (= Kondoa Irangi) district, Tanganyika.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1887
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BRADORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Mariqua Flycatcher B. mariquensis) Gr. βραδυς bradus  slow, sluggish; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "BRADORNIS* MARIQUENSIS.  — SMITH.   ...   Having failed to discover a proper place for this bird in any of the constituted groups of Brachypodinæ, I have considered it and another species, a little larger, as typical of a new group in the short-legged thrushes. The manners and mode of feeding of both species are much alike; they seek their food generally in dense thickets, and when in quest of it, move languidly from branch to branch. They usually observe a horizontal course, and unless the underwood in which they are discovered be limited, they are rarely noticed either to ascend or descend to any great extent. Their food consists of insects." (A. Smith 1847); "Bradornis H. [sic] Smith, Illustr. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pl. 113, 1847.  Type by original designation, Bradornis mariquensis Smith." (W. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 405).
Var. Bradyornis.
Synon. Artomyias, Myopornis, Pedilorhynchus, Sericolius.

microrhynchus
Gr. μικρος mikros  small; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill.

Microrhynchus
(syn. Chordeiles Ϯ Lesser Nighthawk C. acutipennis) Gr. μικρος mikros  small; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "7^e Sous-genre: MICRORHYNCHUS, Lesson.  Amérique. - 427. Caprimulgus exilis, Lesson, Revue Zool., 1839, p. 44: hab. le Pérou (Callao)" (Lesson 1843).  Var. Microrhynchos.

SUBSPECIES

African Gray Flycatcher (Ethiopian)
SCI Name: Bradornis microrhynchus pumilus
pumilum / pumilus
L. pumilus dwarf.
● ex “Petite Perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 1ère ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Loriculus galgulus).
● ex “Crabier des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 898, and “Petit Crabier” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Zebrilus undulatus).

African Gray Flycatcher (African Gray)
SCI Name: Bradornis microrhynchus [microrhynchus Group]
BRADORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Mariqua Flycatcher B. mariquensis) Gr. βραδυς bradus  slow, sluggish; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "BRADORNIS* MARIQUENSIS.  — SMITH.   ...   Having failed to discover a proper place for this bird in any of the constituted groups of Brachypodinæ, I have considered it and another species, a little larger, as typical of a new group in the short-legged thrushes. The manners and mode of feeding of both species are much alike; they seek their food generally in dense thickets, and when in quest of it, move languidly from branch to branch. They usually observe a horizontal course, and unless the underwood in which they are discovered be limited, they are rarely noticed either to ascend or descend to any great extent. Their food consists of insects." (A. Smith 1847); "Bradornis H. [sic] Smith, Illustr. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pl. 113, 1847.  Type by original designation, Bradornis mariquensis Smith." (W. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 405).
Var. Bradyornis.
Synon. Artomyias, Myopornis, Pedilorhynchus, Sericolius.