Muscicapa ussheri

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Muscicapa ussheri (Sharpe, 1871)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Muscicapa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. adusta (African Dusky Flycatcher) · M. adusta adusta (African Dusky Flycatcher) · M. albicaudata (Nilgiri Verditer Flycatcher) · M. aquatica (Swamp Flycatcher) · M. boehmi (Böhm's Flycatcher) · M. caerulescens (Blue-Grey Flycatcher) · M. caerulescens caerulescens (Blue-Grey Flycatcher) · M. cassini (Cassin's Grey Flycatcher) · M. coerulescens (Rueck's Blue-Flycatcher) · M. comitata (Dusky Blue Flycatcher) · M. dauurica (Brown-Streaked Flycatcher) · M. dauurica dauurica (Brown-Streaked Flycatcher) · M. epulata (Little Gray Flycatcher) · M. ferruginea (Ferruginous Flycatcher) · M. gambagae (Gambaga Spotted Flycatcher) · M. griseigularis (Grey-Throated Tit-Flycatcher) · M. griseisticta (Chinese Gray-Spotted Flycatcher) · M. indigo (Indigo Flycatcher) · M. infuscata (African Sooty Flycatcher) · M. infuscata infuscata (African Sooty Flycatcher) · M. itombwensis (Itombwe Flycatcher) · M. lendu (Chapins' Flycatcher) · M. muttui (Brown-Breasted Flycatcher) · M. olivascens (Olivaceous Flycatcher) · M. panayensis (Philippine Verditer Flycatcher) · M. randi (Ashy-Breasted Flycatcher) · M. ruficauda (Rufous-Tailed Flycatcher) · M. segregata (Sumba Brown Flycatcher) · M. sethsmithi (Yellow-Footed Flycatcher Flycatcher) · M. sibirica (Dark-Sided Flycatcher) · M. sibirica cacabata (Siberian Flycatcher) · M. sibirica sibirica (Siberian Flycatcher) · M. sordida (Sri Lankan Dusky Blue Flycatcher) · M. striata (Spotted Flycatcher) · M. striata striata (Spotted Flycatcher) · M. tessmanni (Tessmann's Flycatcher) · M. thalassina (Indian Verditer Flycatcher) · M. thalassina thalassina (Indian Verditer Flycatcher) · M. ussheri (Ussher's Dusky Flycatcher)

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Further Reading

• A hand-list of the genera & species of birds. (Nomenclator avium tum fossilium tum viventium) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1899-1909. url .
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 324.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 52.
• Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 263.
• The history of the collections contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. by R. Bowdler Sharpe. London, 1906. url p. 359.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Muscicapa ussheri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4737
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561252
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561252
• IUCN ID: 224686
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 138348

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