Ashy Alseonax
Muscicapa caerulescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusMuscicapa (Muscicapa Flycatchers)
- SpeciesMuscicapa caerulescens (Ashy Alseonax)
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 adapted for eating insects. Its diet is mostly insectivorous, although it also eats berries and small geckoes. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
Fiscal Flycatcher
Sigelus silens
Chorister Robin-Chat
Cossypha dichroa
White-starred Robin
Pogonocichla stellata
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
Capped Wheatear
Oenanthe pileata
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Tychaedon coryphoeus
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
Monticola brevipes
Cape Rockthrush
Monticola rupestris
Familiar Chat
Oenanthe familiaris
White-browed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia leucophrys
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ashy Alseonax at Garden Route National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there