Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Muscicapidae > Sigelus > Sigelus silensSigelus silens (Fiscal Flycatcher)Synonyms: Melaenornis silens (homotypic); Melaenornis silens silens The fiscal flycatcher (Melaenornis silens) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. 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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.90684 EDGE Score: 2.06773 |
Adult Weight [1] | 26 grams | Birth Weight [1] | 2.8 grams | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 80 % | Diet - Nectar [2] | 10 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 10 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 10 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 80 % | | Clutch Size [4] | 3 | Incubation [3] | 14 days |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Albany thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests |
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Highveld grasslands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari xeric savanna |
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Lowland fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Maputaland coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Montane fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Nama Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Africa bushveld |
Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Addo Elephant National Park |
II |
348463 |
Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Augrabies Falls National Park |
II |
137301 |
Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Bayhead Natural Heritage Site |
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Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Bluff Nature Reserve Provincial Nature Reserve |
IV |
114 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Bontebok National Park |
II |
8315 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Golden Gate Highlands National Park |
II |
28689 |
Free State, South Africa |
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Hlane Royal National Park |
VI |
30892 |
Swaziland |
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Itala Game Reserve Provincial Nature Reserve |
II |
72822 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Kalahari Gemsbok National Park |
II |
2382284 |
Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Karoo National Park |
II |
190300 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve Provincial Nature Reserve |
IV |
554 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve |
II |
256073 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Krantzkloof Nature Reserve Provincial Nature Reserve |
IV |
1452 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Kruger National Park |
II |
4718115 |
Mpumalanga, South Africa |
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Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve |
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Mpumalanga, South Africa |
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Marakele National Park |
II |
163507 |
Limpopo, South Africa |
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Mariannwood Nature Reserve |
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South Africa |
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Mlawula Nature Reserve |
IV |
46444 |
Swaziland |
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Mountain Zebra National Park |
II |
60944 |
Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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New Germany Nature Reserve |
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272 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Nylsvley Nature Reserve |
IV |
7698 |
Limpopo, South Africa |
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Palmiet Nature Reserve |
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Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Roosfontein Nature Reserve |
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519 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Shongweni Resources Reserve |
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42008 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Silverglen Nature Reserve |
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566 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Cape Peninsula National Park |
II |
70141 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Treasure Beach Nature Reserve |
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Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Tsitsikamma National Park |
II |
34343 |
Southern Cape, South Africa |
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Umbogavango Nature Reserve |
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89 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Umgeni River Provincial Nature Reserve |
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2372 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Umhlanga Lagoon Provincial Nature Reserve |
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95 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Virginia Bush Nature Reserve |
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94 |
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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Weenen Nature Reserve |
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Kwazulu Natal, South Africa |
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West Coast National Park |
II |
59916 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Wilderness National Park |
II |
5929 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Cape Floristic Region |
South Africa |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland |
No |
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Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5Response of avian nectarivores to the flowering of Aloe marlothii: a nectar oasis during dry South African winters, Craig T. Symes , Susan W. Nicolson and Andrew E. McKechnie, Journal of Ornithology Volume 149, Number 1, 13-22 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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