Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Ussher's Flycatcher (Muscicapa ussheri) - HBW 11, p. 124
French: Gobemouche d’Ussher
German: Schwalbenschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas de Usher
Taxonomy: Artomyias ussheri Sharpe, 1871, Abrobonko, Fanti, Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with M. infuscata, with which it is sometimes united in genus Artomyias on basis of long wings and short legs. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sierra Leone (except NW), NW, SW & SE Guinea, Liberia, S Ivory Coast, S & SW Ghana (E to Aburi), S Togo and S Nigeria (mouth of R Benin).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Perched bird Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
mark sutton 1 December 2010 1 year ago 20 sec 3
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Adult perched
Locality Atewa Range, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 10 May 2008 2 years ago 3
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