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[[Image:23544african_blue_flycatcher.jpg‎|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|MURAMURA|MURAMURA}}<br />Mbarara, Katojo, western [[Uganda]]. Adult of race ''teresita''.]]
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[[Image:African Blue FlycatcherCr.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}} <br /> [[Kakamega]], [[Kenya]], July,  2011]]
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'''Alternative name: Blue Crested Flycatcher'''
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'''Alternative name: Blue Crested Flycatcher'''<sup>[[#Taxonomy|[1]]]</sup>
 
;[[:Category:Elminia|Elminia]] longicauda
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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'''Male''' - cobalt blue above and on the throat, paler below, with a long tail. '''Females''' and '''immatures''' - grey, narrow band of blue on edges of wing and tail-feathers.
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[[Image:23544african_blue_flycatcher.jpg‎|thumb|400px|right|Adult of race ''teresita''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|MURAMURA|MURAMURA}}<br />Mbarara, Katojo, western [[Uganda]]<br />December 2006]]
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15–18 cm (6-7 in)<br />
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'''Male''' <br />
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*Cobalt blue upperparts and throat
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*Lighter below
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*Long tail<br />
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'''Females''' and '''immatures'''<br />
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*Grey
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*Narrow band of blue on edges of wing and tail-feathers.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Equatorial [[Africa]].
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Equatorial [[Africa]]<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], The [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[South Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]]
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies. Sometimes considered a superspecies with the [[White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher]], ''E. albicauda''.<br />
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Sometimes considered a superspecies with the [[White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher]], ''E. albicauda''.<br />
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The alternative name Blue Crested Flycatcher may lead to confusion with [[Blue-crested Flycatcher]], ''Myiagra azureocapilla''.
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#The alternative name Blue Crested Flycatcher may lead to confusion with [[Blue-crested Flycatcher]], ''Myiagra azureocapilla''.
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:DSC 9057.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, January 2019]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> consisting of two subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''E. l. longicauda'':
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:*[[Senegal]] to [[Gambia]] and [[Nigeria]]
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*''E. l. teresita'':
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:*[[Cameroon]] and [[Gabon]] east across northern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] to southern [[Central African Republic]], southwestern [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]], and western [[Kenya]]
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Open secondary forest, swampy or riverine forests, and wooded savannas, cleared and abandoned fruit and cocoa plantations.
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Open secondary forest, mangrove, swampy or riverine forests, and wooded savannas, cleared and abandoned fruit and cocoa plantations.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes insects which can be hawked or gleaned.
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====Diet====
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The diet consists almost entirely of insects such as bees, ants, flies, termites and beetles, which can be hawked or gleaned.
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It builds a compact, cup-shaped nest. 1-2 white eggs are laid and incubated by the female. Both parents feed the young, with assistance from nonbreeding adults or immatures in the group.
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====Breeding====
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They construct a compact, cup-shaped nest. The clutch contains 1-2 white eggs which are incubated by the female. Both parents feed the young, with assistance from non-breeding adults or immatures in the group.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Avibase
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#Answers.com
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2019)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Elminia+longicauda}}
 
{{GSearch|Elminia+longicauda}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Elminia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Elminia]]
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 26 November 2021

Photo © by Steve G
Kakamega, Kenya, July, 2011

Alternative name: Blue Crested Flycatcher[1]

Elminia longicauda

Identification

Adult of race teresita
Photo © by MURAMURA
Mbarara, Katojo, western Uganda
December 2006

15–18 cm (6-7 in)
Male

  • Cobalt blue upperparts and throat
  • Lighter below
  • Long tail

Females and immatures

  • Grey
  • Narrow band of blue on edges of wing and tail-feathers.

Distribution

Equatorial Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi

Taxonomy

Sometimes considered a superspecies with the White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher, E. albicauda.

  1. The alternative name Blue Crested Flycatcher may lead to confusion with Blue-crested Flycatcher, Myiagra azureocapilla.

Subspecies

Photo © by volker sthamer
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, January 2019

This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of two subspecies[1]:

  • E. l. longicauda:
  • E. l. teresita:

Habitat

Open secondary forest, mangrove, swampy or riverine forests, and wooded savannas, cleared and abandoned fruit and cocoa plantations.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists almost entirely of insects such as bees, ants, flies, termites and beetles, which can be hawked or gleaned.

Breeding

They construct a compact, cup-shaped nest. The clutch contains 1-2 white eggs which are incubated by the female. Both parents feed the young, with assistance from non-breeding adults or immatures in the group.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Answers.com
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2019)

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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