Tessmann's flycatcher
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Tessmann's flycatcher
| image =
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Fraseria
| species = tessmanni
| authority = (Reichenow, 1907)
| synonyms = * Fraseria tessmanni (Reichenow, 1907)
}}
Tessmann's flycatcher (Fraseria tessmanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
It is sparsely distributed across the African tropical rainforest from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Taxonomy
Tessmann's flycatcher was formally described in 1907 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow under given the binomial name Psalidoprocne tessmanni.{{ cite journal | last=Reichenow | first=Anton | author-link=Anton Reichenow | year=1907 | title=Neue Arten aus dem Fan-Gebiet (südlich kamerun) in Westafrica | journal=Ornithologische Monatsberichte | volume=15 | page=146-147 [147] | language=German | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32589002 }} The specific epithet was chosen to honour the German anthropologist and collector Günter Tessmann (1889–1971).{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=382 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n382/mode/1up }} Tessmann's flycatcher is now one of eight species placed in the genus Fraseria that was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2023 | title=Chats, Old World flycatchers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=20 July 2023}}
References
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Category:Birds of the African tropical rainforest
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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