Tessmann's flycatcher (Fraseria tessmanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is sparsely distributed across the African tropical rainforest from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Fraseria |
| Species: | F. tessmanni
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| Fraseria tessmanni (Reichenow, 1907)
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Taxonomy
editTessmann's flycatcher was formally described in 1907 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow under given the binomial name Psalidoprocne tessmanni.[2] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the German anthropologist and collector Günter Tessmann (1889–1971).[3] 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.[4]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Fraseria tessmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Reichenow, Anton (1907). "Neue Arten aus dem Fan-Gebiet (südlich kamerun) in Westafrica". Ornithologische Monatsberichte (in German). 15: 146-147 [147].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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