Alternative name: Ashy Alseonax
- Muscicapa caerulescens
Identification
14-16cm. This is a pale grey or blue-grey flycatcher of forest margins. The black loral line and the short white supraloral streak which joins the narrow white eye-ring are good diagnostic features for this bird.
Distribution
Taxonomy
There are 6 subspecies;
- M. c. caerulescens
- M. c. nigrorum
- M. c. brevicauda
- M. c. cinereola
- M. c. impavida
- M. c. vulturna
Habitat
Dry and moist forests and moist savanna.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
It builds a bulky cup-shaped nest from moss, grass, and rootlets lined with finer material which is placed in a shallow tree-cavity, a bark crevice, or at a narrow branch-fork. 2-3 creamy, finely speckled eggs are laid.
