Biology:Tessmann's flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Tessmann's flycatcher
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Fraseria
Species:
F. tessmanni
Binomial name
Fraseria tessmanni
(Reichenow, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Fraseria tessmanni (Reichenow, 1907)

Tessmann's flycatcher (Fraseria tessmanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in central and western Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Taxonomy

Tessmann's flycatcher was formally described in 1907 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow under given the binomial name Psalidoprocne tessmanni.[1] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the German anthropologist and collector Günter Tessmann (1889–1971).[2] Tessmann's flycatcher is now one of eight species placed in the genus Fraseria that was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[3]

References

  1. Reichenow, Anton (1907). "Neue Arten aus dem Fan-Gebiet (südlich kamerun) in Westafrica" (in German). Ornithologische Monatsberichte 15: 146-147 [147]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32589002. 
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n382/mode/1up. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3315319 entry