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Elminia albonotata

[edit] Identification

13 cm. Black wings and crest, grey overall, white belly, rump and the underside of the long tail, black bill, dark brown eye and grey legs.

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are three subspecies:

• E. a. albonotata - central Kenya, Uganda, south west Tanzania.
• E. a. subvaerulea, - southern Kenya to Malawi.
• E. a. swynnertoni - Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Formerly placed in genus Trochocercus as Trochocercus albonotatus.

[edit] Habitat

Evergreen montane forest and surrounding shrubland and bamboo.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes flies, ants, moths and spiders.

A small nest is built in the fork of a branch and 2 eggs are laid. The female incubates the eggs and the male feeds the chicks once they hatch. Chicks fledge after 15 days.

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