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Photo by Tom Tarrant
Mbweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, western Uganda.

Alternative name: Swamp Alseonax

Muscicapa aquatica

Identification

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and DRC
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia.

Sub-adult
Photo by safariranger
Bangweulu Swamps, Zambia, July 2006

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • M. a. aquatica:
  • M. a. infulata:
  • M. a. lualabae:
  • M. a. grimwoodi:
  • Southern Zambia (Kabwe district, Suye Lake and Lukanga Swamp)

Habitat

Near water especially papyrus swamps and trees overhanging rivers.

Behaviour

References

  1. 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/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

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