Fiscal Flycatcher

Afrikaans name: Fiskaalvlieëvanger

Photo © Steven Herbert

Sigelus silens

The Fiscal Flycatcher is an attractive black and white bird that can be seen skulking in bushes or sitting on a branch on the edge of a bush.

It is smaller and less robust-looking than the Fiscal Shrike. The Fiscal Shrike tends to perch in more exposed places than the Fiscal Flycatcher.

The Fiscal Flyatcher inhabits of variety of habitats but it does have a requirement for trees and bushes.

Females are more brownish on their upperparts.

The Fiscal Flycatcher eats insects.

They nest in thick bushes.

Roberts Birds Names by Edition

Edition	Roberts nr	Scientific name
1st	665	Sigelus silens
2nd	665	Sigelus silens
3rd	665	Sigelus silens
4th	665	Sigelus silens
5th	698	Sigelus silens
6th	698	Sigelus silens
7th	756	Melaenornis silens

Edition	Roberts nr	English name
1st	665	Fiscal Flycatcher
2nd	665	Fiscal Flycatcher
3rd	665	Fiscal Flycatcher
4th	665	Fiscal Flycatcher
5th	698	Fiscal Flycatcher
6th	698	Fiscal Flycatcher
7th	756	Fiscal Flycatcher

Edition	Roberts nr	Afrikaans name
1st	665	Fiskaal-vlieëvanger
2nd	665	Fiskaal-vlieëvanger
3rd	665	Fiskaal-vlieëvanger
4th	665	Fiskaal-vlieëvanger
5th	698	Fiskaalvlieëvanger
6th	698	Fiskaalvlieëvanger
7th	756	Fiskaalvlieëvanger

References and further reading

The Sandton Field Guide - Author: Sandton Nature Conservation Society - Published: 1982 - Page: 59

Wild About Johannesburg - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 1995 - Page: 56

Wildlife of Southern Africa - Author: Martin Withers and David Hosking - Published: 2011 - Page: 156

The Birds of South Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Dr. Austin Roberts - Published: 1949 - Page: 282

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair et al. - Published: 1993 - Page: 342

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa - 4th Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair et al. - Published: 2011 - Page: 368

Southern African Bird Names Explained - Author: Charles Clinning - Published: 1989 - Page: 130

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa - 6th Edition - Author: Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Published: 1993 - Page: 607

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 2nd edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1957 - Page: 356

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 3rd Edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1975 - Page: 461

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 4th Edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1981 - Page: 474

Roberts Bird Guide - Author: Hugh Chittenden - Published: 2007 - Page: 288

Newmans Garden Birds - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 1991 - Page: 82

Newmans Birds of Southern Africa - 7th Edition - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 2000 - Page: 364

More Garden Birds of Southern Africa - Author: P. Ginn & G. McIlleron - Published: 1981 - Page: 41

Newmans Birds of Southern Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 1984 - Page: 364

Meeting with Birds - Author: Tom Spence - Published: 1986 - Page: 89

Geoff Lockwoods Garden Birds of Southern Africa - Author: Geoff Lockwood - Published: 0 - Page: 77

Ian Sinclairs Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair - Published: 1988 - Page: 262

Garden Birds in South Africa - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 2017 - Page: 93

Birds of the Transvaal - Author: Tarboton, Kemp and Kemp - Published: 1987 - Page: 219

Collins Illustrated Checklist - Birds of Southern Africa - 1st edition - Author: Ber van Perlo - Published: 1999 - Page: 67

Field Guide to Fynbos Fauna - Author: Cliff & Suretha Dorse - Published: 2023 - Page: 188

Birds of the South Western Cape - Author: Joy Frandsen - Published: 0 - Page: 189

Birds of the Transkei - Author: C.D. Quickelberge - Published: 1989 - Page: 103

Field Guide to the Birds of Kruger National Park - Author: Ian Sinclair and Ian Whyte - Published: 1991 - Page: 186

Birds of Southern Africa - Kruger National Park - Author: Kenneth Newman - Published: 1985 - Page: 188

Birds of the Natal Drakensberg Park - Author: Robin Little and William Bainbridge - Published: 1992 - Page: 91

Bird Atlas of Natal - Author: Digby Cyrus and Nigel Robson - Published: 1980 - Page: 234

A First Guide to South African Birds - 7th Edition - Author: Leonard Gill - Published: 1975 - Page: 55

A First Guide to South African Birds - 6th Edition - Author: Leonard Gill - Published: 1959 - Page: 55

A Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: O.P.M. Prozesky - Published: 1983 - Page: 252

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