Avibase: Elminia longicauda (African Blue Flycatcher)

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda (Swainson, WJ 1838)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Peter Boesman	2024-10-14	Kakamega Forest, Kakamega (Kenya) (? m)	song - [sono]	948174 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Jay McGowan	2018-12-27	Campement Hôtel de Wassadou, Tambacounda, Senegal, Tambacounda (Senegal)	- Calls and song after playback from at least three individuals moving around in dense mid-story along a ravine.	145004801 macaulaylibrary.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Peter Boesman	2018-06-21	Tendaba, Kiang Central, North Bank Division, North Bank (Gambia) (10 m)	song - [sono]	425384 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Jonathan Onongo	2025-02-21	Bunyaruguru (near Buhinda), Wilaya ya Rubirizi, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Rubirizi (Uganda) (1500 m)	call - [sono]	975051 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Frank Lambert	2024-01-30	Rd to Dindefalo, Région de Kédougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (160 m)	song - [sono]	1041364 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Paweł Szymański	2015-12-02	Babanki, Mezam, Northwest, Nord-Ouest (Cameroon) (2100 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	296098 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Andrew Spencer	2018-12-27	Campement Hôtel de Wassadou, Tambacounda, Senegal, Tambacounda (Senegal)	- Songs from one of three birds moving low to mid-height in tall, dense vegetation along the creek behind the lodge. The first cut is natural, the remainder after playback.	138552601 macaulaylibrary.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda longicauda	Bram Piot	2018-02-24	Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Dindefelo, Kédougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (240 m)	call - Two birds in a mango tree plantation, one calling insistently bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	405127 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Peter Boesman	2022-06-18	Masindi farmland, Buruli (former division) (Uganda)	song - [sono]	739651 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Barry Edmonston	2018-08-02	Busongora, Kasese, Western Region, Kasese (Uganda) (900 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	432526 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Rory Nefdt	2014-10-24	Mara Siria Camp, Mara Triangle, Narok (Kenya) (1800 m)	call, female, flight call, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	200995 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda longicauda	Bram Piot	2018-02-25	Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Dindefelo, Kédougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (240 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	405128 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Andres Angulo Rubiano	2019-03-13	Mbam et Djerem National Park, WCS headquarters, Adamaoua (Cameroon) (850 m)	adult, male, song - Same male as XC530242. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	530245 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda teresita	James Bradley	2015-10-28	Gwassi Hills, Homa Bay (Kenya) (2100 m)	call, song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	316010 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda teresita	Bram Piot	2014-12-17	Mont Fébé, Yaounde, Centre (Cameroon) (850 m)	song - Two song phrases at start of recording, then again at 01:03 after it moved closer by bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	206826 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Peter Boesman	2026-01-19	Dindefelo forest, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m)	call - [sono]	1081182 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Peter Boesman	2022-03-16	Mole National Park, West Gonja (Ghana)	song - [sono]	719105 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	GABRIEL LEITE	2023-05-31	Gem West (near Imbo), Rangwe, Homa Bay County, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1300 m)	call - [sono]	810725 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	James Bradley	2017-03-23	Maasai Education Centre, Narok County, Narok (Kenya) (1900 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	608068 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda teresita	Bram Piot	2014-12-18	Mont Fébé, Yaounde, Centre (Cameroon) (850 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	207017 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Peter Boesman	2022-06-18	, Western (Uganda)	-	467311361 macaulaylibrary.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda teresita	Mike Nelson	2012-03-31	Mt Kupe, Nature Trail, Nyasoso, Sud-Ouest (Cameroon) (1300 m)	Song (B) - Singing from a copse of trees next to the nature trail	98854 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Andres Angulo Rubiano	2019-02-28	Yaounde, Bastos, near to WWF headquarters, Centre (Cameroon) (800 m)	adult, male, song - Male seen and heard perched on a branch enar the trail. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	530141 xeno-canto.org
African Blue Flycatcher - Elminia longicauda	Phil Gregory	2022-04-03	Samole Loop, Mole NP, Larabanga, West Gonja, Northern Region, West Gonja (Ghana) (150 m)	sex uncertain - Calling well in riparian thicket bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	718068 xeno-canto.org

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