The chestnut-capped flycatcher (Erythrocercus mccallii) is a species of bird in the family Erythrocercidae.

Distribution and habitat

It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Subspecies

  • E. m. mccallii: Southeast Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • E. m. nigeriae: Sierra Leone to Guinea and southwest Nigeria
  • E. m. congicus: East and south Democratic Republic of the Congo to w Uganda

References


Chestnutcapped Flycatcher / Erythrocercus mccallii photo call and song

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Duskycapped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)

Chestnut capped flycatcher hires stock photography and images Alamy

A Paleedged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes) perched on a branch