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The fiscal flycatcher (''Sigelus 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. It is the only member of the genus ''Sigelus''. This species is found in subtropical open woodland, dry savanna, shrubland and suburban gardens. ==Description== This black and white bird gets its name from its resemblance to the northern fiscal, a shrike. The fiscal flycatcher is 17–20 cm in length. The adult male is black above and white below with white wing patches and white sides to the tail. The female is brown, not black, above. The juvenile is like the female but duller and with brown spots and scalloping above and below. The song is a weak chittering, and the alarm call is ''tssisk''. The male can be confused with the northern fiscal, but the shrike has a heavy hooked bill, a white patch on the shoulder rather than the lower wing, and has no white on its longer tail. The fiscal flycatcher is larger than the male collared flycatcher, which has a white collar and lacks white wing panels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fiscal flycatcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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