| Fraseria | |
|---|---|
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| Fraseria ocreata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Fraseria Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Tephrodornis ocreatus Strickland, 1844 | |
Fraseria is a genus ofpasserine birds in the Old World flycatcher familyMuscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The genusFraseria was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalistCharles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodateFraser's forest flycatcher.[1][2] The genus name was chosen to honour the English natural history dealer and collectorLouis Fraser.[3]
The genus formerly include just two species, Fraser's forest flycatcher and thewhite-browed forest flycatcher, but based on amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2023, the genus was broadened to include other species.[4][5]
The genus contains the following eight species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | White-browed forest flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | African tropical rainforest |
 | Fraser's forest flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | African tropical rainforest |
.jpg) | Grey-throated tit flycatcher | Fraseria griseigularis | African tropical rainforest |
 | Grey flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern and East Africa) |
| - | Olivaceous flycatcher | Fraseria olivascens | African tropical rainforest |
_JM.jpg) | Chapin's flycatcher | Fraseria lendu | Albertine Rift montane forests |
| - | Ashy flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa) |
| - | Tessmann's flycatcher | Fraseria tessmanni | sparsely present throughout African tropical rainforest |
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