Fraseria

Fraseria
Fraseria ocreata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Fraseria Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Tephrodornis ocreatus Strickland, 1844

Fraseria is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Fraseria was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate Fraser's forest flycatcher. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name was chosen to honour the English natural history dealer and collector Louis Fraser. ^[3]

The genus formerly include just two species, Fraser's forest flycatcher and the white-browed forest flycatcher, but based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023, the genus was broadened to include other species. ^{[4] [5]}

The genus contains the following eight species: ^[5]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
-	White-browed forest flycatcher	Fraseria cinerascens	African tropical rainforest
	Fraser's forest flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	African tropical rainforest
	Grey-throated tit flycatcher	Fraseria griseigularis	African tropical rainforest
	Grey tit-flycatcher	Fraseria plumbea	Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern and East Africa)
-	Olivaceous flycatcher	Fraseria olivascens	African tropical rainforest
	Chapin's flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	Albertine Rift montane forests
-	Ashy flycatcher	Fraseria caerulescens	Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa)
-	Tessmann's flycatcher	Fraseria tessmanni	sparsely present throughout African tropical rainforest

• White-browed forest flycatcher, Fraseria cinerascens
• Fraser's forest flycatcher, Fraseria ocreata
• Grey-throated tit-flycatcher, Fraseria griseigularis (formerly placed in Myioparus )
• Grey tit-flycatcher, Fraseria plumbea (formerly placed in Myioparus)
• Olivaceous flycatcher, Fraseria olivascens (formerly placed in Muscicapa )
• Chapin's flycatcher, Fraseria lendu (formerly placed in Muscicapa)
• Ashy flycatcher, Fraseria caerulescens (formerly placed in Muscicapa)
• Tessmann's flycatcher, Fraseria tessmanni (formerly placed in Muscicapa)

References

1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 38: 1–11, 53–67, 258–266, 378–389, 533–541, 650–665 [536, Note].
2. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 296–297.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 163. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Zhao, M.; Gordon Burleigh, J.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Kimball, R.T. (2023). "A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178 107646. Bibcode:2023MolPE.17807646Z. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646 . PMID   36265831.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 July 2023.