Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Muscicapa comitata) - HBW 11, p. 123
French: Gobemouche ardoisé
German: Stuhlmannschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Pizarroso
Taxonomy: Butalis comitatus Cassin, 1857, Muni River, West Africa = Gabon.
Birds from Sudan and Uganda described as race stuhlmani, but considered indistinguishable from nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aximensis (W. L. Sclater, 1924) - Sierra Leone, Liberia, SE Guinea, S Ivory Coast, S Ghana, S Togo and S Nigeria.
- camerunensis (Reichenow, 1892) - Mt Cameroon, in SW Cameroon.
- comitata (Cassin, 1857) - S Cameroon and S Central African Republic E to extreme SW Sudan (Aloma Plateau) and SW Uganda, S to Gabon, PRCongo, NW Angola (Cabinda, Cuanza Norte), SC & E DRCongo and Burundi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, preening Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp comitata)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 52 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a tree, alert and flying away Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp comitata)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a tree, looking around Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp comitata)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A side-view of a bird preening Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp comitata)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 20 sec 3.9 -
looking around Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp comitata)
Daniêl Jimenez 20 September 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 3.7
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Adult perched
Locality Atewa Range, Ghana (ssp aximensis)
Nik Borrow 20 February 2013 9 weeks ago 4 -
adult perched
Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp comitata)
Nik Borrow 24 July 2008 1 year ago 4
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