Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
White-browed Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens) - HBW 11, p. 108
French: Gobemouche à sourcils blancs
German: Brauenwaldschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Cejiblanco
Taxonomy: Fraseria cinerascens Hartlaub, 1857, Ashanti, Ghana.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Melaenornis, but majority of authors regard separation as justified, particularly on ecological and behavioural grounds. This species and F. ocreata form a species group; they overlap geographically, but differ significantly in habits and voice. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinerascens Hartlaub, 1857 - SW Senegal and Gambia (Gambia and Basse Casamance), Guinea-Bissau (except NE), W Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, S Ivory Coast and S Ghana.
- ruthae Dickerman, 1994 - SW, S & C Nigeria, S Cameroon and S Central African Republic S to N Angola (Cabinda SE to Lunda Norte) and C DRCongo (E to upper Uele, Ituri and Kasai).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult perched
Locality Sanaga River, South Province, Cameroon (ssp ruthae)
Nik Borrow 2 April 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Ringed in the forest at the Epulu research station.
Locality Epulu, Ituri Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Monotypic species)
Tommy Pedersen 13 July 1991 33 weeks ago 2.8
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