Parent: Muscicapidae (Old world flycatchers)

└─ Melaenornis

└─── Melaenornis annamarulae (Nimba flycatcher)

└─── Melaenornis ardesiacus (Yellow-eyed black flycatcher)

└─── Melaenornis edolioides (Northern black flycatcher)

└─── Melaenornis pammelaina (Southern black flycatcher)