Bird watching in Africa - Gambaga flycatcher

The Gambaga flycatcher (Muscicapa gambagae) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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Listen to the Gambaga flycatcher

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Remarks from the Recordist

Only the call of this species is described in the literature. Song here is a lazy series of scratchy notes in phrases of up to 6 notes each. Rhythmically similar to African Dusky Flycatcher (e.g. XC344763 ) by way of shortened 2nd bar of two-phrase repetition, whereby notes are cut short and listener is left hanging.

Differs otherwise in being slower, lower pitched and without the frenetic embellishments of African Dusky Flycatcher.

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Remarks from the Recordist

A three note buzzy jingle repeated..."djrrr-ZEE-whit".

Bird singing from the midstory of a mostly leafless tree next to a manyatta, in lightly wooded semi arid rocky savanna habitat.

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Remarks from the Recordist

A single call note.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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