Yellow-eyed black flycatcher

The yellow-eyed black flycatcher is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.

Description

The chin, lores and forehead are blackish, the rest of the plumage is a deep blue-grey. It differs from the Northern black flycatcher and Southern black flycatcher by having pale eyes. The sexes are similar.
The juvenile has whitish spots on the breast. The immature is not properly described.

Distribution and habitat

This species is found in the African Rift Valley from southern Uganda to northern Tanzania. It is generally found at an altitude of 1300-2450 metres. They occupy edges of forests and forest clearings.

Diet

This species mainly eats caterpillars of butterflies and moths and beetles.

Call

Calls have been recorded as raap, raap and a harsh tch-tchec.