The chestnut-capped flycatcher (''Erythrocercus mccallii'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family
Erythrocercidae
''Erythrocercus'' is a genus of birds containing three flycatchers that are found in Africa.
The genus is placed in its own family (biology), family Erythrocercidae that was introduced by Silke Fregin and collaborators in 2012.
Species
The ge ...
.
Distribution and habitat
It is found throughout the
African tropical rainforest.
Its natural
habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...
s are subtropical or tropical
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...
s.
Subspecies
*''E. m. mccallii'': Southeast Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
*''E. m. nigeriae'': Sierra Leone to Guinea and southwest Nigeria
*''E. m. congicus'': East and south Democratic Republic of the Congo to w Uganda
References
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chestnut-capped flycatcher
The chestnut-capped flycatcher (''Erythrocercus mccallii'') is a species of bird in the family Erythrocercidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found throughout the Tropical rainforest, African tropical rainforest.
Its natural habitats are subtro ...
Birds of the African tropical rainforest
chestnut-capped flycatcher
The chestnut-capped flycatcher (''Erythrocercus mccallii'') is a species of bird in the family Erythrocercidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found throughout the Tropical rainforest, African tropical rainforest.
Its natural habitats are subtro ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot