Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher

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The Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher (Melaenornis chocolatinus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

It is often placed in the genus Dioptrornis instead.

Its natural habitats are forest, woodland and farmlands in the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia.This article follows the Handbook of Birds of the World in including the small chat-like ground feeders previously classed with the Turdidae thrushes in this group.

Recent biochemical studies[citation needed] place certain traditional thrush genera (Monticola, Myiophonus, Brachypteryx, and Alethe) here in the Muscicapidae.

Conversely the Asian saxicoline genera Grandala and Cochoa belong among the thrushes.