Blue-mantled crested flycatcher
| Blue-mantled crested flycatcher | |
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| Female photographed in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Trochocercus |
| Species: | T. cyanomelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochocercus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818) | |
The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Trochocercus cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Blue-mantled crested flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.