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title: "African Gray Flycatcher"
description: "Bradornis microrhynchus — Aves. The African grey flycatcher, grayish flycatcher, or large flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occurs in parts of East Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/african-gray-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Gray Flycatcher

> Bradornis microrhynchus — Aves. The African grey flycatcher, grayish flycatcher, or large flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occurs in parts of East Africa.

- Scientific name: *Bradornis microrhynchus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 939
- Wikidata: [Q1316516](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316516)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12799](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12799)

## Names

- en: African Gray Flycatcher
- de: Strichelkopfschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas Piquicorto
- fr: Gobemouche à petit bec

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (364), KE (363), ET (53), SO (7)

## Summary

The African grey flycatcher, grayish flycatcher, or large flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occurs in parts of East Africa.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180739193

## Machine access

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