About Bias musicus (Vieillot, 1818)
The black-and-white shrike-flycatcher, scientifically named Bias musicus, is also commonly called the black-and-white flycatcher or vanga flycatcher. It is a species of passerine bird native to Africa. Previously, this species was classified alongside wattle-eyes and batises in the family Platysteiridae, but current classification places it as more closely related to helmetshrikes and woodshrikes. This bird has been recorded in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
