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- Muscicapa comitata
Identification
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Uganda and Burundi
Taxonomy
Placed in genus Bradornis by Clements.
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- M. c. aximensis:
- Sierra Leone and south-eastern Guinea to southern Nigeria
- M. c. camerunensis:
- Mount Cameroon
- M. c. comitata:
- Cameroon south to northwestern Angola, east to southern Central African Republic, northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme southwestern South Sudan, and Uganda
Habitat
Lowland damp forests in the lower and middle canopies and along forest edge.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dusky-blue Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dusky-blue_Flycatcher