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title: "African Dusky Flycatcher"
description: "Muscicapa adusta — Vogels. The African dusky flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta), also known as the dusky-brown flycatcher or dusky alseonax, is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/african-dusky-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# African Dusky Flycatcher

> Muscicapa adusta — Vogels. The African dusky flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta), also known as the dusky-brown flycatcher or dusky alseonax, is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Muscicapa adusta*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 4179
- Wikidata: [Q841997](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841997)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12978](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12978)

## Names

- en: African Dusky Flycatcher
- de: Dunkelschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas sombrío
- fr: Gobemouche sombre
- pt: Papa-moscas-sombrio
- pl: Muchołówka myszata

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (3077), KE (208), TZ (172), UG (135), ET (107), RW (49), MW (41), ZW (39), SZ (11), CF (10), CM (10), ZM (7)

## Summary

The African dusky flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta), also known as the dusky-brown flycatcher or dusky alseonax, is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is a resident breeder in elevated areas of Sub-Saharan Africa (including the Bié and Western High plateaus). It is very common in its woodland habitat, which includes riverine forests, evergreen forest edges and clearings, especially near water bodies such as lakes, dams and streams, and well-wooded suburban gardens.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_dusky_flycatcher

## Photo

![African Dusky Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-dusky-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: flamelily · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260903574

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-dusky-flycatcher?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).