African shrike-flycatcher

The African shrike-flycatcher or red-eyed shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae.^[2] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Megabyas.

African shrike-flycatcher
Male specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vangidae
Genus:	Megabyas Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
Species:	M. flammulatus
Binomial name
Megabyas flammulatus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855
Synonyms
Bias flammulatus

Distribution and habitat

It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest (including the Dahomey Gap).