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Photo © by Michael Huarez
Canopy Walkway, Kakum national Park, Ghana, 15th November 2023

Alternative name: Olivaceous Alseonax

Fraseria olivascens

Identification

Distribution

Africa: Occurs only in Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana. [Nigeria]], Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Muscicapa

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]

  • F. o. olivascens
  • F. o. nimbae:

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Lepage D. (2023)

Recommended Citation

External Links

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