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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The blue-headed crested flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[2]
- T. n. reichenowi - Sharpe, 1904: 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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Trochocercus nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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