''Fraseria'' is a genus of

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their ...

birds in the Old World flycatcher family

Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica'') and north ...

that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Fraseria'' was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist

Charles Lucien Bonaparte Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithology, ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal ...

to accommodate Fraser's forest flycatcher. The genus name was chosen to honour the English natural history dealer and collector

Louis Fraser Louis Fraser (1810 – 1866) was a British Zoology, zoologist and collector. In his early years, Fraser was curator of the Museum of the Zoological Society of London. Little is known about Fraser's early life. He was born in 1810 and married Mary A ...

. The genus formerly include just two species, Fraser's forest flycatcher and the white-browed forest flycatcher, but based on a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study published in 2023, the genus was broadened to include other species. The genus contains the following eight species: * White-browed forest flycatcher, ''Fraseria cinerascens'' * Fraser's forest flycatcher, ''Fraseria ocreata'' * Grey-throated tit-flycatcher, ''Fraseria griseigularis'' (formerly placed in '' Myioparus'') * Grey tit-flycatcher, ''Fraseria plumbea'' (formerly placed in ''Myioparus'') * Olivaceous flycatcher, ''Fraseria olivascens'' (formerly placed in ''

Muscicapa ''Muscicapa'' is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, and therein to the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae. They are widespread across Europe, Africa and Asia with most species occurri ...

'') * Chapin's flycatcher, ''Fraseria lendu'' (formerly placed in ''Muscicapa'') * Ashy flycatcher, ''Fraseria caerulescens'' (formerly placed in ''Muscicapa'') * Tessmann's flycatcher, ''Fraseria tessmanni'' (formerly placed in ''Muscicapa'')

References

Bird genera Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Birds of the African tropical rainforest Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub