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[[Image:Bluecrestedflycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|joe+cockram|joe cockram}}<br />Taveuni, [[Fiji]], September 2006]]
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{{disambig}}
'''Alternative name: Azure-crested Flycatcher'''
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'''Blue-crested Flycatcher''' may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Blue-crested Flycatcher''' (''Myiagra azureocapilla'') or to an unrelated African species:
;[[:category:Myiagra|Myiagra]] azureocapilla
 
'''Includes: Chestnut-throated Flycatcher'''
 
==Identification==
 
14cm<br />
 
Bright orange bill<br />
 
'''Male'''
 
*Light blue crown
 
*Slate-blue upperparts
 
*White underparts<br />
 
'''Female'''
 
*Brown above
 
*Grey cheeks
 
*Blue crown
 
Males on Taveuni have a deep chestnut chin and throat and broad white tips ( c. 50 % ) to the underside of the tail.
 
  
==Distribution==
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*'''[[Azure-crested Flycatcher]]''' - ''Myiagra azureocapilla''
[[Fiji]].
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*'''[[Chestnut-throated Flycatcher]]''' - ''Myiagra castaneigularis''
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 3  subspecies, split in two species by Clements:
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*'''[[African Blue Flycatcher]]''' - ''Elminia longicauda''
*'''Azure-crested Flycatcher''':
 
:*''M. a. azureocapilla'':
 
::*[[Fiji]] (montane forests of Taveuni)
 
*'''Chestnut-throated Flycatcher''':
 
:*''M. a. castaneigularis'':
 
::*[[Fiji]] (montane forests of Vanua Levu and Kambara)
 
:*''M. a. whitneyi'':
 
::*[[Fiji]] (montane forests of Viti Levu)
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist montanes and lowland forest.
 
==Behaviour==
 
====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects.
 
==References==
 
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Wikipedia
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Myiagra+azureocapilla}}
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=69&bid=1548 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:Myiagra]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:35, 23 October 2016

This is a disambiguation page. A number of articles are associated with the title Blue-crested Flycatcher.
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Blue-crested Flycatcher may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name Blue-crested Flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla) or to an unrelated African species:


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