Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa aquaticaHeuglin, MT, 1864
English (US) Swamp Flycatcher
The Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Muscicapa aquatica
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Swamp Flycatcher
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1864
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Muscicapa aquatica aquatica
- Muscicapa aquatica infulata
- Muscicapa aquatica lualabae
- Muscicapa aquatica grimwoodi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1864
- Type locality
- Wau River (= Nahr Waw), Bahr al Ghazal, Sudan.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 12, no.70 p.256
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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