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
- 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/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Blue-headed_Crested_Flycatcher
