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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]] and [[Burundi]]
 
'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]] and [[Burundi]]
 
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Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Bradornis|Bradornis]]'' by Clements.
 
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:*[[Cameroon]] south to northwestern [[Angola]], east to southern [[Central African Republic]], northern and central [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], extreme southwestern [[South Sudan]], and [[Uganda]]
 
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Lowland damp forests in the lower and middle canopies and along forest edge.
 
Lowland damp forests in the lower and middle canopies and along forest edge.
 
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==Behaviour==
 
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South-western Uganda, August 2006
Muscicapa comitata

Identification

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Uganda and Burundi

Taxonomy

Placed in genus Bradornis by Clements.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • M. c. aximensis:
  • M. c. camerunensis:
  • M. c. comitata:

Habitat

Lowland damp forests in the lower and middle canopies and along forest edge.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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