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title: "Marico Flycatcher"
description: "Bradornis mariquensis — Ptaki. The Marico flycatcher or Mariqua flycatcher (Bradornis mariquensis) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in areas of southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/marico-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marico Flycatcher

> Bradornis mariquensis — Ptaki. The Marico flycatcher or Mariqua flycatcher (Bradornis mariquensis) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in areas of southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Bradornis mariquensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1604
- Wikidata: [Q728894](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728894)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12803](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12803)

## Names

- en: Marico Flycatcher
- de: Maricoschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas del Marico
- fr: Gobemouche du Marico
- pt: Papa-moscas-do-marico

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (769), NA (506), BW (207), ZW (37), AO (5), ZM (4)

## Summary

The Marico flycatcher or Mariqua flycatcher (Bradornis mariquensis) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in areas of southern Africa.

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

## Photo

![Marico Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/marico-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191026294

## Machine access

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