Blue-headed crested flycatcher

Blue-headed crested flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Trochocercus
Species: T. nitens
Binomial name
Trochocercus nitens
Cassin, 1859
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Terpsiphone nitens

The blue-headed crested flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in western and central Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities have placed the blue-headed crested flycatcher in the genus Terpsiphone. Alternate names include the blue-headed flycatcher and blue-headed paradise-flycatcher.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • Upper Guinea blue-headed crested flycatcher (T. n. reichenowi) - Sharpe, 1904: Originally described as a separate species. Found from Guinea to Togo
  • T. n. nitens - Cassin, 1859: Found from Nigeria to southern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and norh-western Angola

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Trochocercus nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.


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