African Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata)

Other Names (World)
African Forest-Flycatcher, Common Forest-flycatcher, Fraser's Forest-flycatcher, Fraser's Forest Flycatcher

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Strickland, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

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, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Fraser's Forest Flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata) [XC719153]
by Peter Boesman from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (song)

Fraser's Forest Flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata) [XC104418]
by Gabriel A. Jamie from Mount Cameroon, 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 White-browed Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens). They overlap geographically, but differ significantly in habits and voice.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

kelsalli Bannerman, 1922 - Extreme south-western Guinea and southern Sierra Leone.
prosphora Oberholser, 1899 - Liberia, central and southern Ivory Coast and southern Ghana.
ocreata (Strickland, 1844) - Central and southern Nigeria, Bioko I (Fernando P�o) and southern Cameroon east to western Uganda, south to extreme northern Angola and central DRCongo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata) - 10 files

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