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Disambiguation: for the species Cyornis pallipes, see White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher

Photo by Tib78
Bwindi swamp, Ruhija, Uganda, December 2014

Elminia albiventris

Distribution

Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Trochocercus as Trochocercus albiventris.

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• E. a. albiventris:

• Montane forests of south-eastern Nigeria and southern Cameroon; Bioko

• E. a. toroensis:

• Montane forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and south-western Uganda

• E. a. albonotata:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia

• E. a. subcaerulea:

• Eastern Tanzania to Malawi and Mozambique (north of the Zambezi)

• E. a. swynnertoni:

• Eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique (south of the Zambezi)

Habitat

Moist montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

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