Ussher's flycatcher

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Ussher's Flycatcher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Muscicapa
Species:
M. ussheri
Binomial name
Muscicapa ussheri
(Sharpe, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Artomyias ussheri

Ussher's flycatcher (Muscicapa ussheri) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Muscicapa ussheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.