Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica - Gobemouche des marais

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Muscicapa
Species
:
aquatica

Descriptor

Heuglin, 1864

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Muscicapa aquatica aquatica (s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to sw Sudan and n DRCongo)
Muscicapa aquatica infulata (se Sudan, ne DRCongo and Uganda to ne Zambia and nw Tanzania)
Muscicapa aquatica lualabae (se DRCongo)
Muscicapa aquatica grimwoodi (s Zambia)

Foreign names

Gobemouche des marais,
Papamoscas palustre,
papa-moscas-dos-pauis,
Sumpfschnäpper,
Moerasvliegenvanger,
Pigliamosche di palude,
sumpflugsnappare,
Sumpfluesnapper,
muchár mokraďový,
lejsek bažinný,
Sumpfluesnapper,
rantasieppo,
papamosques dels aiguamolls,
muchołówka błotna,
Болотная мухоловка,
ヌマヒタキ,
泽鹟,
sumpflugsnappare,
沼澤鶲,

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)