Fraseria

Fraseria is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Fraseria
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]

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Distribution
-	White-browed forest flycatcher	Fraseria cinerascens	African tropical rainforest
	Fraser's forest flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	African tropical rainforest
	Grey-throated tit flycatcher	Fraseria griseigularis	African tropical rainforest
	Grey flycatcher	Fraseria plumbea	Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern and East Africa)
-	Olivaceous flycatcher	Fraseria olivascens	African tropical rainforest
	Chapin's flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	Albertine Rift montane forests
-	Ashy flycatcher	Fraseria caerulescens	Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa)
-	Tessmann's flycatcher	Fraseria tessmanni	sparsely present throughout African tropical rainforest

• 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)