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 LC    Olivaceous Flycatcher* Id (Atlas):
    Fraseria olivascens

Description (5)
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Other Names (World)
Olivaceous Flycatcher, Olivaceous Alseonax, African Olivaceous Alseonax

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Olivaceous Flycatcher (Muscicapa olivascens) [XC505153]
     by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Lobeke National Park, Petite savanna, Cameroon (call)

 
Olivaceous Flycatcher (Muscicapa olivascens) [XC530183]
     by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Lobeke National park, Petite Savana, platform, Cameroon (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chapin's Flycatcher (Fraseria lendu). Racial identity of birds west of Ghana (except Mt Nimba) uncertain, tentatively included within nominate. Further study is required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • olivascens (Cassin, 1859)   -  Patchily in south-eastern Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, north-western Liberia and southern Ivory Coast, and from Ghana (Fanti) east to southern Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic, south to southern and western PRCongo, also eastern DRCongo (northern Ituri south to Kasai).
  • nimbae Colston & Curry-Lindahl, 1986   -  Northern Liberia and western Ivory Coast (Mt Nimba).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Olivaceous Flycatcher (Fraseria olivascens) - 5 files


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