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Gambaga Flycatcher
Muscicapa gambagae (Alexander, 1901)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Gambaga Flycatcher, Muscicapa gambagae, is a bird in the family Muscicapidae that breeds in Africa from Mali and the Ivory Coast east to Somalia and Kenya, and also in south-western Arabia. It was described by Alexander in 1901. It is found in the Sudan region and the Arabian Highlands. Its natural homes include dry forests in the subtropics or tropics, dry savanna, and dry shrubland with low to medium canopy cover. It resembles the spotted flycatcher, but is smaller and shows less obvious streaking.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: Mali and the Ivory Coast to Somalia and Kenya, also sw Arabian Pen.
