Western Crested-flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens)

Other Names (World)
Western Crested-flycatcher, Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher, Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcher, Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher

Family
Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cassin, 1859

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) [XC287438]
by Peter Boesman from Kirimia, Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) [XC442419]
by Paulina Meller from Parc National de la For\u00eat de Ta\u00ef, Ivory Coast (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

reichenowi Sharpe, 1904 - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast, southern Ghana and Togo.
nitens Cassin, 1859 - Southern Nigeria, western and southern Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon and western PRCongo south to north-western Angola, also southern Sudan south to west, southern and eastern DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Western Crested-flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) - 10 files

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