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title: "Ashy Flycatcher"
description: "Fraseria caerulescens — Ptaki. The ashy flycatcher (Fraseria caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/ashy-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ashy Flycatcher

> Fraseria caerulescens — Ptaki. The ashy flycatcher (Fraseria caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Fraseria caerulescens*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1087
- Wikidata: [Q28860133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28860133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [522872](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/522872)

## Names

- en: Ashy Flycatcher
- de: Hartlaubschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas Cenizo
- fr: Gobemouche à lunettes

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (624), ZW (61), ZM (59), MW (42), TZ (32), BW (27), NA (21), KE (20), MZ (13), UG (13), SZ (7), AO (4)

## Summary

The ashy flycatcher (Fraseria caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the drier areas of South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia, where it inhabits subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and savanna. It has a disputed generic placement, with different authorities variously putting it in Muscicapa, Fraseria, or other genera. Ashy flycatchers are mostly grey in colour, with pale grey or white underparts, and display no sexual dimorphism.
The species has a small, thin, and pointed beak…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashy_flycatcher

## Photo

![Ashy Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ashy-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48747905

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ashy-flycatcher?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).