Blue-mantled crested flycatcher
Appearance
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Female photographed in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. | |
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Species: | T. cyanomelas
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Trochocercus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818)
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The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
External links
- Blue-mantled crested flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.