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Trochocercus
''Trochocercus'' is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. Described by Jean Cabanis in 1850, the name ''Trochocercus'' is a combination of the Greek words ''trokhos'' meaning "circular" or "round" and ''kerkos'', meaning "tail". Taxonomy and systematics Extant species After three former species were transferred to the genus ''Elminia'' in 2009, the genus ''Trochocercus'' now contains the following two remaining species: Former species Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Trochocercus'': * Bedford's paradise flycatcher (as ''Trochocercus bedfordi'') * Dusky crested flycatcher (as ''Trochocercus nigromitratus'') * White-bellied crested flycatcher (as ''Trochocercus albiventris'') * White-tailed crested flycatcher The white-tailed crested flycatcher (''Elminia albonotata'') is a species of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. It has a discontinuous distribution in eastern Africa. There are th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher (''Trochocercus cyanomelas'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy and systematics The blue-mantled crested flycatcher was originally described in the genus ''Muscicapa'' and some authorities have also classified it in the genus ''Terpsiphone''. Alternate names for the blue-mantled crested flycatcher include blue-mantled flycatcher, blue-mantled paradise-flycatcher, Cape crested-flycatcher and crested flycatcher. Subspecies Five subspecies are recognized: * ''T. c. vivax'' - Neave, 1909: Found from Uganda and north-western Tanzania to south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern and western Zambia * East African crested flycatcher (''T. c. bivittatus'') - Reichenow, 1879: Originally described as a separate species. Found from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Cabanis
Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1835 to 1839, and then travelled to North America, returning in 1841 with a large natural history collection. He was assistant and later director of the Natural History Museum of Berlin (which was at the time the Berlin University Museum), taking over from Martin Lichtenstein. He founded the ''Journal für Ornithologie'' in 1853, editing it for the next forty-one years, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law Anton Reichenow. He died in Friedrichshagen. A number of birds are named after him, including Cabanis's bunting ''Emberiza cabanisi'', Cabanis's spinetail ''Synallaxis cabanisi'', Azure-rumped tanager The azure-rumped tanager or Cabanis's tanager (''Poecilostreptus cabanisi'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher (''Trochocercus cyanomelas'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy and systematics The blue-mantled crested flycatcher was originally described in the genus ''Muscicapa'' and some authorities have also classified it in the genus ''Terpsiphone''. Alternate names for the blue-mantled crested flycatcher include blue-mantled flycatcher, blue-mantled paradise-flycatcher, Cape crested-flycatcher and crested flycatcher. Subspecies Five subspecies are recognized: * ''T. c. vivax'' - Neave, 1909: Found from Uganda and north-western Tanzania to south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern and western Zambia * East African crested flycatcher (''T. c. bivittatus'') - Reichenow, 1879: Originally described as a separate species. Found from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of aquatic environments, particularly seabirds and some waterbirds, have further evolved for swimming. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarchidae
The monarchs (family Monarchidae) comprise a family of over 100 passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and magpie-larks. Monarchids are small insectivorous songbirds with long tails. They inhabit forest or woodland across sub-Saharan Africa, south-east Asia, Australasia and a number of Pacific islands. Only a few species migrate. Many species decorate their cup-shaped nests with lichen. Taxonomy and systematics Some of the one hundred or more species making up the family were previously assigned to other groups, largely on the basis of general morphology or behaviour. The magpie-lark, for example, was assigned to the same family as the white-winged chough, since both build unusual nests from mud rather than vegetable matter. That family, Grallinidae, is now considered a synonym of Monarchidae. It was formerly considered to have four species. The magpie-lark and the torrent-lark were moved into Monarchidae, into the genus ''Grallina'', on the basis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Crested-Flycatcher (Trochocercus Cyanomelas)
The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher (''Trochocercus cyanomelas'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy and systematics The blue-mantled crested flycatcher was originally described in the genus ''Muscicapa'' and some authorities have also classified it in the genus ''Terpsiphone''. Alternate names for the blue-mantled crested flycatcher include blue-mantled flycatcher, blue-mantled paradise-flycatcher, Cape crested-flycatcher and crested flycatcher. Subspecies Five subspecies are recognized: * ''T. c. vivax'' - Neave, 1909: Found from Uganda and north-western Tanzania to south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern and western Zambia * East African crested flycatcher (''T. c. bivittatus'') - Reichenow, 1879: Originally described as a separate species. Found from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
The blue-headed crested flycatcher (''Trochocercus nitens'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae, native to the African tropical forest. Taxonomy and systematics Formerly, some authorities have placed the blue-headed crested flycatcher in the genus ''Terpsiphone The paradise flycatchers (''Terpsiphone'') are a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. The genus ranges across Africa and Asia, as well as a number of islands. A few species are migratory, but the majority are resident. The most telling cha ...''. Alternate names include the blue-headed flycatcher and blue-headed paradise-flycatcher. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized: * Upper Guinea blue-headed crested flycatcher (''T. n. reichenowi'') - Sharpe, 1904: Originally described as a separate species. Found from Guinea to Togo * ''T. n. nitens'' - Cassin, 1859: Found from Nigeria to southern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and northwestern Angola References blue-headed crested f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedford's Paradise Flycatcher
Bedford's paradise flycatcher (''Terpsiphone bedfordi'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... Taxonomy and systematics Bedford's paradise flycatcher was originally described in the genus '' Trochocercus ''. Alternate names include the Duke of Bedford flycatcher and red-bellied paradise-flycatcher, the latter not to be confused with the species of the same name, '' Terpsiphone rufiventer''. References Bedford's paradise flycatcher Endemic birds of the Democratic Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
The dusky crested flycatcher (''Elminia nigromitrata'') is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. References dusky crested flycatcher Birds of the African tropical rainforest dusky crested flycatcher The dusky crested flycatcher (''Elminia nigromitrata'') is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A fo ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher
The white-bellied crested flycatcher (''Elminia albiventris'') is a bird species in the family Stenostiridae; it was formerly placed with the drongos in the Dicruridae. It is native to the Cameroon line (including Bioko) and the Albertine Rift montane forests. References white-bellied crested flycatcher Birds of the Gulf of Guinea Birds of Central Africa white-bellied crested flycatcher The white-bellied crested flycatcher (''Elminia albiventris'') is a bird species in the family Stenostiridae; it was formerly placed with the drongos in the Dicruridae. It is native to the Cameroon line (including Bioko) and the Albertine Rif ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{passeri-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
The white-tailed crested flycatcher (''Elminia albonotata'') is a species of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. It has a discontinuous distribution in eastern Africa. There are three subspecies, ''E. a. albonotata'' of central Kenya, and Uganda through to south west Tanzania; ''E. a. subvaerulea'', which ranges from southern Kenya to Malawi and ''E. a. swynnertoni'' of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The white-tailed crested flycatcher is a small (13 cm) crested flycatcher with a long tail. The wings and crest of are black, the rest of the plumage is grey overall with a white belly, rump and the underside of the tail. The bill is black, the eye dark brown and the legs grey. The call of this species is weak and unstructured. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical evergreen montane forest and surrounding shrubland and bamboo. It is found from 600 m to 1900 m in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains, and up to 2700 m elsewhere. Where its range overlaps with the closely rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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