Fraseria | |
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Fraseria ocreata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: |
Fraseria Bonaparte, 1854 |
Type species | |
Tephrodornis ocreatus
Strickland, 1844
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Fraseria is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus Fraseria was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate Fraser's forest flycatcher. [1] [2] The genus name was chosen to honour the English natural history dealer and collector Louis Fraser. [3]
The genus formerly include just two species, Fraser's forest flycatcher and the white-browed forest flycatcher, but based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023, the genus was broadened to include other species. [4] [5]
The genus contains the following eight species: [5]
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 of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus Fraseria was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate Fraser's forest flycatcher. [1] [2] The genus name was chosen to honour the English natural history dealer and collector Louis Fraser. [3]
The genus formerly include just two species, Fraser's forest flycatcher and the white-browed forest flycatcher, but based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023, the genus was broadened to include other species. [4] [5]
The genus contains the following eight species: [5]