Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies griseigularis
Photo © by volker sthamer
Fort Portal, Uganda, July 2018

Fraseria griseigularis

Identification

13 cm (5 in)
Male

• Dark bluish-grey upper parts
• Dark slate lores
• Dark slate-brown primaries and secondaries

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Uganda, Tanzania

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Myioparus|Myioparus]

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• F. g. parelii:

• Liberia (Mount Nimba) to Ivory Coast and Ghana

• F. g. griseigularis:

• South-eastern Nigeria to north-western Angola, eastern Zaire, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania

Habitat

Lowland rainforests, both primary and secondary and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, such as ants, beetles, caterpillars and moths.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-throated_Tit-Flycatcher

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