Muscicapa caerulescens

 

Muscicapa caerulescens

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea
Familia: Muscicapidae
Genus: Muscicapa
Species: Muscicapa caerulescens
Subspecies: M. c. brevicauda - M. c. caerulescens - M. c. cinereola - M. c. impavida - M. c. nigrorum - M. c. vulturna

Name

Muscicapa caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865)

Vernacular names

Reference

Ibis p.267

The Ashy Flycatcher or Ashy Alseonax (Muscicapa caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and moist savanna.

References

BirdLife International 2004. Muscicapa caerulescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.