Fraseria is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
| 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 | |
Taxonomy
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]
- White-browed forest flycatcher, Fraseria cinerascens
- Fraser's forest flycatcher, Fraseria ocreata
- Grey-throated tit-flycatcher, Fraseria griseigularis (formerly placed in Myioparus)
- Grey tit-flycatcher, Fraseria plumbea (formerly placed in Myioparus)
- Olivaceous flycatcher, Fraseria olivascens (formerly placed in Muscicapa)
- Chapin's flycatcher, Fraseria lendu (formerly placed in Muscicapa)
- Ashy flycatcher, Fraseria caerulescens (formerly placed in Muscicapa)
- Tessmann's flycatcher, Fraseria tessmanni (formerly placed in Muscicapa)