African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (2)
Michel Louette
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 22, 2013
Text last updated January 22, 2013
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Species names in eBird-supported languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Африканска сврачкова мухоловка |
| Catalan | bies de carpó blanc |
| Croatian | afrička vanga |
| Danish | Monarktornskade |
| Dutch | Witstuitklauwier |
| English | African Shrike-flycatcher |
| English (AVI) | African Shrike-flycatcher |
| English (Kenya) | Shrike Flycatcher |
| English (United States) | African Shrike-flycatcher |
| French | Bias écorcheur |
| German | Schnäppervanga |
| Japanese | タンビヒタキ |
| Norwegian | hvitbrystbias |
| Polish | kongowczyk białogardły |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Papa-moscas-picanço |
| Russian | Огнеглазая сорокопутница |
| Serbian | Afrička svračkolika muharica |
| Slovak | pláštenkár červenooký |
| Spanish | Bias Llameante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Bias llameante |
| Swedish | vitbröstad monarktörnskata |
| Turkish | Sinekkapan Vanga |
| Ukrainian | Біас великий |
Megabyas flammulatus Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
PROTONYM:
Megabyas flammulata
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 7, p.348.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Riviere d'Angers' = Muni River, Gabon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MEGABYAS
- flammulata / flammulatum / flammulatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Megabyas flammulatus flammulatus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
forests from Guinea and Sierra Leone E, including Bioko and C Nigeria (Jos Plateau), to W DRCongo.
Megabyas flammulatus flammulatus Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
PROTONYM:
Megabyas flammulata
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 7, p.348.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Riviere d'Angers' = Muni River, Gabon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MEGABYAS
- flammulata / flammulatum / flammulatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Megabyas flammulatus aequatorialis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
forests of C DRCongo, N Angola and Uganda, and very locally S South Sudan (Bengangai), NW Tanzania (Minziro Forest), and W Kenya (Kakamega and Nandi Forests); disjunctly S DRCongo (Kasaji, in Katanga) and neighbouring NW Zambia (Mwinilunga district).
Megabyas flammulatus aequatorialis Jackson, 1904
PROTONYM:
Megabias aequatorialis
Jackson, 1904. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 15, p.11.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Entebbe, Uganda. Type from Kazi, Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria, fide Jackson and W. L. Sclater, 1938, Birds Kenya Uganda, p. 920.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MEGABYAS
- flammulata / flammulatum / flammulatus
- aequatoriale / aequatorialis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the African Shrike-flycatcher
