Blue-headed crested flycatcher

Blue-headed crested flycatcher
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Trochocercus
Species:	T. nitens
Binomial name
	Trochocercus nitens; Cassin, 1859
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Terpsiphone nitens;

The blue-headed crested flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in western and central Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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 norh-western Angola

References

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^ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.

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[:0-2] "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.

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