Ashy flycatcher
The ashy flycatcher, blue-grey flycatcher[2] or ashy alseonax (Muscicapa caerulescens) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and savanna.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Muscicapa |
| Species: | M. caerulescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Muscicapa caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865) | |
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Muscicapa caerulescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Image at ADW
- Ashy flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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