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Photo by megan perkins
Atewa range, Ghana, February 2011
Fraseria tessmanni

Identification

Similar to the Dusky-blue Flycatcher M. comitata.

Distribution

Western Africa: found from the lowlands of the Ivory Coast to southern Cameroon and north-eastern Zaire.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Muscicapa.

Habitat

Moist shrubland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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