Bradyornis leucomelas Sundevall, 1850: 106 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Caffraria superiori, campestri ”

CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Sigelus silens silens (Shaw, 1809); Muscicapidae (Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 590) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall in his original description stated that he had only a single male (“ Unicus mas in Caffraria superiori, ... ”), and we could only find one specimen in his acquisition catalogue. The holotype, NRM 568761 [6852] is a male collected 6 August 1843 near Potchefstroom .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Potchefstroom, North West Province .

COMMENTS: See species account for Alauda fasciolata for the suggested TL correction.