Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa aquatica
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Muscicapa
- eBird Code
- swafly3
Subspecies (4)
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Muscicapa aquatica aquatica
southwestern Mauritania southward to Gambia, eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Chad, northern Central African Republic, western South Sudan, and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Muscicapa aquatica grimwoodi
southern Zambia (Kabwe district, Suye Lake, and Lukanga Swamp)
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Muscicapa aquatica infulata
central and eastern South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Burundi, western Kenya, northwestern Tanzania, and northeastern Zambia
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Muscicapa aquatica lualabae
southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (swamps along Lualaba River)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.