Fraser's rufous thrush


Fraser's rufous thrush, also known as the rufous flycatcher-thrush, is a species of bird in the thrush family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

is often considered conspecific with it. However, Finsch's flycatcher-thrush is treated here as a separate species following the Handbook of the Birds of the World. Also, the flycatcher-thrushes are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Stizorhina, but here they are placed in Neocossyphus, again following del Hoyo et al..