Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica) - HBW 11, p. 120
French: Gobemouche des marais
German: Sumpfschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Palustre
Other common names: Swamp Alseonax
Taxonomy: Muscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864, Wau, Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan.
Putative race ruandae (described from Uganda) is slightly longer-winged than infulata but otherwise inseparable; more appropriately synonymized with infulata. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aquatica Heuglin, 1864 - extreme S Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, S & E Mali, SE Burkina Faso, C & E Ivory Coast and C & E Ghana E to Nigeria (except S and extreme N), N Cameroon, S Chad, N Central African Republic, SW Sudan and N DRCongo (Ubangui).
- infulata Hartlaub, 1881 - SE Sudan, NE DRCongo (including R Lualaba from Kasongo to Mwanza), Uganda (except Karamoja), Rwanda, W Burundi, W Kenya, NW Tanzania and NE Zambia.
- lualabae (Chapin, 1932) - SE DRCongo (upper Lualaba lakes, in Katanga).
- grimwoodi Chapin, 1952 - S Zambia (L Suye, Lukanga Swamp).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp infulata)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A bird and then two, at night, catching insects attracted by the light Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp infulata)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
immature and adult perching Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp aquatica)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A full-grown chick on a roof, calling Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp infulata)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A bird singing several times. Locality Mweya, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp infulata)
Eldert Groenewoud 1 March 2008 4 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
perching Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp infulata)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 September 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4.3
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Juvenile perched, dorsal view.
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 7 February 2012 25 weeks ago 4.4 -
Juvenile perched
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 10 February 2012 25 weeks ago 4 -
Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica)
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Kilian Wasmer 6 February 2008 1 year ago 4 -
adult perched
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (ssp aquatica)
Nik Borrow 13 February 2013 8 weeks ago 3.9 -
Perched
Locality Kigali Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 27 March 2010 2 years ago 3 -
A Swamp Flycatcher perches alert for unsuspecting quarry
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda (ssp infulata)
Christian Boix Hinzen 9 August 2009 3 years ago 2
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A bird calling. Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
(ssp infulata)
Keith Blomerley 15 August 2002 18 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing several times. Locality Mweya, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
(ssp infulata)
Eldert Groenewoud 1 March 2008 18 weeks ago 4 -
A full-grown chick calling. Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
(ssp infulata)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 18 weeks ago 4
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