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Location: Mutinondo Wilderness, Zambia

Alternative name: Blue-and-white Crested-Flycatcher

Elminia albicauda

For the species Cyornis concretus, see White-tailed Flycatcher

[edit] Identification

Male is cobalt blue above and on the throat, paler below, long tail. Females and immatures are greyer, with a narrow band of blue on edges of wing and tail-feathers.

[edit] Distribution

Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Forms a superspecies with African Blue Flycatcher, but has white (not uniform blue) outertail and paler breast that contrasts with darker mantle. Ranges do not overlap.

[edit] Habitat

Forests and dry savanna.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

A compact, cup-shaped nest is built and 1-2 white eggs are laid. Both parents feed the young, with help from nonbreeding adults or immatures in the group.

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