Fraseria | |
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Fraseria ocreata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
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 |
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- | 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 |