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Photo © by MURAMURA
Western Uganda, August 2006

Alternative name: Cassin's Alseonax

Muscicapa cassini

Identification

14 cm

  • Blue-grey back
  • Black wings and tail
  • White underparts
  • Grey flanks and chest

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: western Uganda and extreme northern Zambia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Swamps, fast rocky forest streams, within humid, lowland forest to 1,800m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes flying insects.

Breeding

The nest is cup-shaped and built from grass, placed close to the ground. The 2 light-green eggs are finely speckled.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Answers.com

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