Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus nitens - Tchitrec noir

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Monarchidés
Genus
:
Trochocercus
Species
:
nitens

Descriptor

Cassin, 1859

Biometrics

Size
: 15 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Trochocercus nitens nitens (Nigeria to s Sudan, Uganda, DRCongo and nw Angola)
Trochocercus nitens reichenowi (Guinea to Togo)

Foreign names

Tchitrec noir,
Monarca brillante,
papa-moscas-de-poupa-ocidental,
Schwarzkopfmonarch,
Blauwkopkuifmonarch,
Pigliamosche crestato testablu,
blåhuvad monark,
Blåhodemonark,
vípkar chochlatý,
lejskovec modrohlavý,
Blåhovedet Topmonark,
teräsparatiisimonarkki,
monarca capblau,
muchodławka stalowa,
Синеголовая хохлатая мухоловка,
アオカンムリヒタキ,
蓝头凤头鹟,
藍頭鳳頭鶲,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest