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African Blue-Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda (Swainson, WJ 1838)

The African blue flycatcher or blue-crested flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae from western and central Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Stenostiridae
Genus:
   Elminia
Scientific:
  Elminia longicauda

Original description

Citation:
  (Swainson, WJ 1838)

Reference:
   Naturalist's Libr. [Jardine] 21(Flycatchers) p.210 pl.25

Protonym:
  Myiagra longicauda

Type locality:
  New Holland; error: Senegal, fide Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Ornith. Westafrica's, p. 93.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17165247

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  562090528349C39F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-56209052

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/56209052

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559866

Geographic range:

  • Elminia longicauda longicauda: Senegal to Gambia and Nigeria
  • Elminia longicauda teresita: Cameroon south to northern Angola, and east to South Sudan, western Kenya, and extreme northwestern Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Blue-Flycatcher
Catalan:
elmínia blava
Czech:
lejskovec dlouhoocasý
Danish:
Blå Elminia
German:
Blauhaubenschnäpper
Spanish:
Elminia Azul
Spanish (Spain):
Elminia azul
Finnish:
sinitöyhtömonarkki
French:
Elminie bleue
Croatian:
plavetna vilinska muharica
Hungarian:
hosszúfarkú elmínia
Italian:
Pigliamosche azzurro africano
Japanese (romaji):
sorairohitaki
Japanese:
ソライロヒタキ
Lithuanian:
Melsvoji elminija
Dutch:
Turkooiskuifvliegenvanger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blåelminia
Norwegian:
Blåelminia
Polish:
muchodławik błękitny
Portuguese:
Papa-moscas-azul
Portuguese (Brazil):
African Blue Flycatcher
Portuguese (Portugal):
azulinho-rabilongo
Russian:
Бирюзовая эльминия
Slovak:
mušník tyrkysový
Swedish:
blå elminia
Ukrainian:
Ельмінія блакитна
Chinese:
蓝凤头鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲藍鳳頭鶲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Elminie bleue ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tchitrec bleu ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Blue Crested Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Blue Crested-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Blue Crested-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Blue Crested-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Blue Crested-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
African Blue-flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Elminia longicauda [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Elminia longicauda [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Elminia longicauda [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
African Blue-Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
African Blue Flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Elminia longicauda [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Elminia longicauda [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: elmínia blava
Czech: Lejskovec dlouhoocasý
Danish: Blå Elminia, Blå Monark
German: Blauhaubenschnäpper, Blau-Haubenschnäpper, Elminie, Türkiselminie
English: African Blue Flycatcher, African Blue-Flycatcher, Blue Crested Flycatcher, Blue Crested-flycatcher, Blue Fairy Flycatcher, Blue Flycatcher, Northern Fairy Flycatcher, Northern Fairy-Flycatcher
English, HBW: African Blue-flycatcher
English (IOC): African Blue Flycatcher
English (Kenya): African Blue Flycatcher
English (United States): African Blue Flycatcher
Spanish: Elminia Azul
Spanish (Spain): Elminia azul
Spanish (HBW): African Blue Flycatcher
Finnish: Sinitöyhtömonarkki
French: Elminie bleue, Élminie bleue, Gobemouche à huppe bleue, Gobemouche bleu, Gobemouche bleu à longue queue, Tchitrec bleu
Croatian: plavetna vilinska muharica
Hungarian: hosszúfarkú elmínia
Italian: Pigliamosche azzurro africano
Japanese (romaji): mizuiroonagahitaki, sorairohitaki
Japanese: ソライロヒタキ, ミヅイロオナガヒタキ
Scientific: Elminia longicauda, Elminia longicauda longicauda, Elminia longicaudus, Erannornis longicauda, Myiagra longicauda, Trochocercus longicaudus
Lithuanian: Melsvoji elminija
Dutch: Turkooiskuifvliegenvanger, Turkooismonarch
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåelminia
Norwegian: Blåelminia, Blåmonark
Polish: muchodlawik blekitny, muchodławik błękitny, Muchodławka błękitna
Portuguese: Papa-moscas-azul
Portuguese (Brazil): African Blue Flycatcher
Portuguese (Portugal): Azulinho, azulinho-rabilongo
Russian: Африканская голубая мухоловка, Бирюзовая хохлатая мухоловка, Бирюзовая эльминия
Slovak: Monarch tyrkysový, mušník tyrkysový
Swedish: Blå elminia
Swahili: Chechele Buluu
Turkish: Afrika gökçe sinekkapanı
Ukrainian: Ельмінія блакитна
Chinese: 蓝凤头鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲藍鳳頭鶲

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