Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Monarch Flycatchers :: African Crested-Flycatcher

African Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas

Described by: Vieillot (1818)
Alternate common name(s): Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Paradise-Flycatcher, Cape Crested-Flycatcher
Old scientific name(s): Terpsiphone cyanomelas

Photographs

Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen  Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen  Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen  Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen  Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen 
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Range

Ec., e., and s. Africa;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) Uganda and ne. to se. Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, and nw. Zambia.
(2) S. Somalia, c. and se. Kenya to Tanzania.
(3) Malawi and e. Zimbabwe to n. Mozambique and ne. South Africa (n. Natal).
(4) Ne. South Africa (e. Transvaal).
(5) E. South Africa (s. Cape Province).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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