Blue-headed crested flycatcher
Species of bird
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Trochocercus |
Species: | T. nitens |
Binomial name | |
Trochocercus nitens Cassin, 1859 | |
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The blue-headed crested flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae, native to the African tropical forest.
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 northwestern Angola
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Extant monarch flycatchers (family: Monarchidae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Superfamily: Corvoidea
Subfamily Terpsiphoninae | |||||||
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