Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher (Myioparus griseigularis) - HBW 11, p. 125

French: Gobemouche à gorge grise German: Graukehlschnäpper Spanish: Papamoscas Gorgigrís
Other common names: Grey-throated Flycatcher

Taxonomy: Alseonax griseigularis Jackson, 1906, Kibiran, Toro, Uganda.
This species and M. plumbeus were formerly placed in sylviid genus Parisoma, until spotted juvenile plumage of latter species was described; subsequently regarded as muscicapids, although foraging habits and calling behaviour are more like those of Sylviidae. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • parelii (Traylor, 1970) - E Liberia, S Ivory Coast and SW Ghana (Tafo).
  • griseigularis (Jackson, 1906) - SE Nigeria and S Cameroon S to Gabon (except extreme S), N & C PRCongo and extreme NW Angola (N Cuanza Norte), also S Central African Republic (R Ouossi, NW Zemio, La Maboké, possibly Lobaye), W, SC & E DRCongo, W & S Uganda (S from Budongo) and NW Tanzania (Bukoba); possibly also Rwanda (Nyungwe).

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