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| Fiscal flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Sigelus Cabanis, 1850 |
| Species: | S. silens
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| Binomial name | |
| Sigelus silens (Shaw, 1809)
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Melaenornis silens | |
The fiscal flycatcher (Sigelus silens) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the only species placed in the genus Sigelus. It is a resident breeder in Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland, and a vagrant to Namibia.
This species is found in subtropical open woodland, dry savanna, shrubland and suburban gardens.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melaenornis silens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709113A94192892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709113A94192892.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.