The blue-headed crested flycatcher (''Trochocercus nitens'') is a species of bird in the family

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 a ...

, native to the African tropical forest.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities have placed the blue-headed crested flycatcher in the genus '' Terpsiphone''. Alternate names include the blue-headed flycatcher and blue-headed paradise-flycatcher.

Subspecies

Two

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

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

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