Chapin's Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Chapin's Alseonax

Fraseria lendu

Includes: Itombwe Flycatcher

Identification

12-13cm

• Olive brown above
• Pale grey below
• Pale throat
• Pale grey line above eye to bill
• Dark iris
• Blackish-brown bill surrounded by bristles

Distribution

Found in mountain ranges of north-eastern and eastern DRC, south-western Uganda and western Kenya.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Muscicapa

Subspecies^[1]

There are two subspecies:

• F. l. lendu:

• Mountains of north-eastern DRC to south-western Uganda and western Kenya (Kakamega Forest)

• F. l. itombwensis:

• Eastern DRC (Itombwe Mountains)

F. l. itombwensis is sometimes split as full species, Itombwe Flycatcher (or Itombwe Alseonax)^[2].

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

The nest is a deep cup made from vegetation and feathers.

Vocalisation

Call: thin, soft tsseet, tsseet and a short, buzzy trill.

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. ARKive

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chapin's Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chapin%27s_Flycatcher

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