White-browed forest flycatcher

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White-browed forest flycatcher
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Fraseria
Species:
F. cinerascens
Binomial name
Fraseria cinerascens
Hartlaub, 1857

The white-browed forest flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found throughout the intra-tropical rainforest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Fraseria cinerascens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22709108A131951184. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709108A131951184.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.