White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens Scientific name definitions

17 cm; 13–24·5 g (ruthae). Male nominate race has head and upperparts dark sooty grey, lores darker, pure white supraloral spot extending backwards as white streak above eye; primaries and secondaries brownish-black, outer webs edged sooty grey; tertials brownish-black, washed sooty grey; upperwing-coverts slightly darker, fringed sooty grey; chin, throat, and entire underparts ­greyish-white (bases of feathers blackish), scalloped with blackish crescents on throat, breast and upper flanks, markings narrow on throat and upper belly; thighs black, barred white; axillaries grey, edged white, underwing-coverts blackish, edged white; iris olive-brown; bill and legs black. Differs from F. ocreata in smaller size, presence of white in front of and above eye, less distinct crescentic markings on underparts. Female is very like male, but face paler. Juvenile is dark brown above, densely spotted buff or rusty, markings becoming stripes on head, mantle feathers with triangular dark-edged buff subterminal mark, flight-feathers and tail dark brown, tertials tipped and edged buff on outer webs, whitish below, breast and flanks washed buff to rufous-brown and scalloped and freckled blackish; immature like female, but grey areas heavily suffused olive, lores and ear-coverts densely streaked rusty ochre, supraloral streak small and ochre (not white), has rufous apical spots on upperwing-coverts and tertials, sparse rusty-ochre streaks on upper mantle, ochre centre of breast, more russet on breast side and flanks. Race <em>ruthae</em> has darker upperparts than nominate, forehead , forecrown, lores and area below eye black, scalloping on breast heavier .

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Undetermined race in NC Togo (Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (2 Radley, P. M., and G. Campbell (2008). Birds of Fazao-Malfakassa National Park, including the first record for Togo of White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 15(2):113–120. Close ) ).

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Rather quiet and unobtrusive. Song  a series of drawn-out, high-pitched  , thin, trilled, almost insect-like “tsreeee” notes. Contact note a high-pitched, prolonged “tseeee”; anxiety a harsh “kchee”; alarm a loud, long, high-pitched whistle by male and harsh “shhhh” by female.