African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Aberdare Mountains, Kenya. July 2008

The African Dusky Flycatcher (or just Dusky Flycatcher) is an African endemic found mainly in the east of the continent from the Ethiopian highlands south to the Cape, extending West to Angola: its distribution in Kenya marks the eastern most extent of its range.

A common highland species, Dusky Flycatchers are typically found along forest edges and in wooded areas (including gardens) where it is usually the only small, brownish flycatcher. It is the smallest of the Kenyan flycatchers and appears short-winged and short-tailed compared with other muscicapa. There is some geographical variation, and birds in the north of the range (like the ones below) show a buffy supraloral spot.