African Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata Scientific name definitions

18 cm; 28–42 g (nominate), average 30–32 g (prosphora). Male nominate race has head and upperparts dark slate-grey, blacker on forehead and crown; lores and ear-coverts black; remiges black, outer webs edged slate-grey, upperwing-coverts brownish-black, edged slate-grey (especially on outer web); rectrices black, outer webs edged slate-grey; chin, throat and entire underparts white, with blackish crescents on lower throat, breast, flanks and upper belly (feathers of chin, lower belly and undertail-coverts have blackish bases); thighs blackish-grey, barred white; axillaries slate-grey, tipped white, underwing-coverts blackish, broadly edged white; iris olive-brown; bill black; legs blackish-grey. Differs from F. cinerascens in larger size, more distinct crescentic markings on underparts, no white around eye. Female has lores and ear-coverts browner than male, and forehead and crown less black. Juvenile has sooty-brown head and upperparts sparsely spotted rufous-brown, denser spots on lesser and median upperwing-coverts, white underparts narrowly and irregularly barred blackish on sides of throat and upper breast; immature like female, but retains apical rufous-brown spots on lesser and median upperwing-coverts. Race <em>prosphora</em> has forehead and crown slate-grey, like upperparts , and underparts less distinctly scalloped; kelsalli has paler, clearer grey upperparts than other races, head and mantle uniform in colour, underpart scalloping grey, iris dark brown.

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Vocal. Calls  mostly harsh and buzzing, including frequently uttered short series of buzzy notes interspersed with purer whistles; anxiety and alarm calls a chatter of 5–10 rasping notes; also has quavering “wruu hree hru”, rapid repeated “pink” and whistled “weew”. Song  melodious and varied, slightly quavering and with trills.