Ussher's Flycatcher

The Ussher's Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, as well as Denver, Colorado and sub-Saharan Africa.

The Ussher's Flycatcher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Ussher's Flycatcher (Muscicapa ussheri) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, as well as Denver, Colorado and sub-Saharan Africa. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Muscicapa ussheri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

Ussher's Flycatcher is on the main Kambui North track, beyond the continuous forest. The rest of the time should be spent at Gola East and Tiwai Island, as most of the forest birds are there. Bird Records of Interest - White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 2 probables in flight at late dusk on No. 2 river. More

Ussher's Flycatcher The Ussher's Flycatcher (Muscicapa ussheri) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. See more at Wikipedia.org... More

Ussher's Flycatcher is an Upper Guinea endemic. Chestnut-winged Starling - Ken Behrens Fanti Saw-wing - Ken Behrens Chestnut-winged Starlings often creep about the branches of the trees that support Kakum's canopy walkway. Fanti Sawwing is extremely long-tailed. More

martin-like Ussher's Flycatcher both also showed up in the canopy; while a Brown Illadopsis was lured out from the dense understorey to give at least one of us a good close up look; and a Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher also popped out of the understorey to give us all a good eyeful. One of the best of the mornings birds though was a highly distinctive raptor, the Long-tailed Hawk. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Muscicapidae
Genus : Muscicapa
Species : ussheri
Authority : (Sharpe, 1871)