Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (4)
Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 1, 2018
Text last updated October 1, 2018
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Species names in eBird-supported languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Azerbaijani | Bataqlıq milçəkqapanı |
| Bulgarian | Блатна мухоловка |
| Catalan | papamosques d'aiguamoll |
| Croatian | močvarna muharica |
| Danish | Sumpfluesnapper |
| Dutch | Moerasvliegenvanger |
| English | Swamp Flycatcher |
| English (AVI) | Swamp Flycatcher |
| English (United States) | Swamp Flycatcher |
| Estonian | soo-kärbsenäpp |
| Finnish | rantasieppo |
| French | Gobemouche des marais |
| German | Sumpfschnäpper |
| Japanese | ヌマヒタキ |
| Norwegian | sumpfluesnapper |
| Polish | muchołówka błotna |
| Russian | Болотная мухоловка |
| Serbian | Močvarska muharica |
| Slovak | muchár mokraďový |
| Spanish | Papamoscas Palustre |
| Spanish (Spain) | Papamoscas palustre |
| Swedish | sumpflugsnappare |
| Turkish | Papirus Sinekkapanı |
| Ukrainian | Мухоловка болотяна |
Muscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa aquatica
Heuglin, 1864. Journal für Ornithologie 12, no.70, p.256.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Wau River (= Nahr Waw), Bahr al Ghazal, Sudan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MUSCICAPA
- muscicapa
- aquatica / aquaticus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Muscicapa aquatica aquatica Scientific name definitions
Distribution
extreme S Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, S and E Mali, C and SE Burkina Faso, NE Ivory Coast and N Ghana E to Nigeria (except S and extreme N), N Cameroon, S Chad, N Central African Republic, W South Sudan and N DRCongo (R Ubangui).
Muscicapa aquatica aquatica Heuglin, 1864
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa aquatica
Heuglin, 1864. Journal für Ornithologie 12, no.70, p.256.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Wau River (= Nahr Waw), Bahr al Ghazal, Sudan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MUSCICAPA
- muscicapa
- aquatica / aquaticus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Muscicapa aquatica infulata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
South Sudan (except W), NE DRCongo (including R Lualaba from Kasongo to Mwanza), Uganda (except Karamoja), Rwanda, W Burundi, W Kenya, NW Tanzania and NE Zambia.
Muscicapa aquatica infulata Hartlaub, 1881
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa infulata
Hartlaub, 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880, pt.4, p.626-627.
TYPE LOCALITY:
central Africa, between lat. 5° and 2° N. and long. 31° and 32° E., probably = Wadelai, Uganda, fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Avium Aethiopicarum, p. 400
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MUSCICAPA
- muscicapa
- aquatica / aquaticus
- infulata / infulatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Muscicapa aquatica lualabae Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE DRCongo (upper Lualaba lakes, in Katanga).
Muscicapa aquatica lualabae (Chapin, 1932)
PROTONYM:
Alseonax infulatus lualabae
Chapin, 1932. American Museum Novitates no.570, p.10.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kiyuyu, Lualaba River, Belgian Congo.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MUSCICAPA
- muscicapa
- aquatica / aquaticus
- lualabae
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Muscicapa aquatica grimwoodi Scientific name definitions
Distribution
S Zambia (L Suye, Lukanga Swamp).
Muscicapa aquatica grimwoodi Chapin, 1952
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa aquatica grimwoodi
Chapin, 1952. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 72, no.2, p.22.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Suye Lake, lat. 14° 25' S., long. 27° 35' E., Northern Rhodesia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- MUSCICAPA
- muscicapa
- aquatica / aquaticus
- grimwoodi
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Swamp Flycatcher
