White-browed Forest-Flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1857

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

White-browed Forest Flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens) [XC99785]
by id from Rengo Camp, Korup National Park, Cameroon (song)

White-browed Forest Flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens) [XC99784]
by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Rengo Camp, Korup National Park, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes subsumed in Melaenornis, but majority of authors regard separation as justified, particularly on ecological and behavioural grounds. Forms a species group with African Forest-Flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata). They overlap geographically, but differ significantly in habits and voice.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cinerascens Hartlaub, 1857 - South-western Senegal and Gambia (Gambia and Basse Casamance), Guinea-Bissau (except north-east), western Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast and southern Ghana.
ruthae Dickerman, 1994 - South-western, southern and central Nigeria, southern Cameroon and southern Central African Republic south to northern Angola (Cabinda south-east to Lunda Norte) and central DRCongo (east to upper Uele, Ituri and Kasai).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-browed Forest-Flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens) - 10 files

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