African Crested-Flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas)

Other Names (World)
Southern Crested-flycatcher, African Crested-Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher

Family
Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (65)...)

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) [XC633744]
by Lynette Rudman from Massingini NaturalForestReserve_Magharibi, Mjini Magharibi Region_Zanzibar, Tanzania (call)

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) [XC456835]
by Frank Lambert from Kurisa Moya, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

vivax Neave, 1909 - Western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, south-eastern DRCongo (Shaba) and adjacent northern and western Zambia.
bivittatus Reichenow, 1879 - South-central and south-eastern Kenya, southern Somalia and to eastern Tanzania, including Zanzibar I. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Eastern Crested-flycatcher (Trochocercus bivittatus).
megalolophus Swynnerton, 1907 - Malawi and northern Mozambique south to eastern Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa (eastern KwaZulu-Natal).
segregus Clancey, 1975 - North-eastern South Africa (eastern northern Province south to western KwaZulu-Natal).
cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818) - Coastal southern and south-eastern South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Crested-Flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) - 10 files

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