Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcher

Trochocercus nitens

Identification

15 cm (6 in)

• Short crest
• Graduated tail
  

Male

• Blackish-blue upperparts and breast

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Uganda

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• T. n. reichenowi:

• Guinea and Sierra Leone to Togo

• T. n. nitens:

• Nigeria and Cameroon to Gabon, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi

Habitat

Primary and secondary lowland and hill forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects such as moths, ants and cockroaches.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-headed_Crested_Flycatcher

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