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Ussher's Flycatcher
Artomyias ussheri Sharpe, 1871
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Ussher's Flycatcher, Artomyias ussheri, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family and breeds in Africa from Guinea-Bissau and Guinea to Nigeria. It was first described by Sharpe in 1871. The species occurs in dry forest and in moist lowland forest. It was once included in Bradornis, and no subspecies are recognised. Its name honours the collector Herbert Taylor Ussher, after whom the bird was named.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: Guinea Bissau and Guinea to Nigeria
