Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus] (African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus])

African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus]

Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus] (= Trochocercus cyanomelas bivittatus) Reichenow, A 1879

The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Monarchidae
Genus:
   Trochocercus
Scientific:
  Trochocercus cyanomelas bivittatus

Original description

Citation:
Reichenow, A 1879

Reference:
Orn. Centralblatt 4 p. 108

Protonym:
Trochocercus bivittatus

Type locality:
Muniuni, lower Tana River, Kenya.

Link:
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ornith-Centralblatt_4_I-LIII.pdf

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
BDEB541C63FEEB46

Avibase ID:
avibase-BDEB541C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BDEB541C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 920631

Geographic range:

Trochocercus cyanomelas bivittatus: Somalia to Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and Zanzibar
Trochocercus cyanomelas vivax: Uganda and western Tanzania to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia
Trochocercus cyanomelas megalolophus: Malawi and northern Mozambique to Zimbabwe and northeastern South Africa (eastern KwaZulu-Natal)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus]
German:
Kapmonarch [bivittatus-Gruppe]
Spanish:
Monarca de El Cabo (grupo bivittatus)
Spanish (Spain):
Monarca de El Cabo (grupo bivittatus)
French:
Tchitrec du Cap [bivittatus]
Japanese (romaji):
kanmurihitaki (bivittatus guru-pu)
Japanese:
カンムリヒタキ（bivittatus グループ）
Norwegian:
hvitvingemonark (bivittatus gr.)
Polish:
muchodławka czubata [gr. bivittatus]
Portuguese (Portugal):
monarca-do-cabo [grupo bivittatus]
Russian:
Хохлатый монарх [группа bivittatus]
Slovak:
vípkar modrochrbtý (skup.)
Swedish:
vitvingad monark [gruppen bivittatus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Crested-Flycatcher [bivittatus] ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: African Crested-Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: African Crested-Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: African Crested-Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: African Crested-Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: African Crested-Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: African Crested Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: African Crested Flycatcher (Eastern) ( Trochocercus cyanomelas [bivittatus Group]) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Eastern Crested-flycatcher ( Trochocercus bivittatus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Trochocercus cyanomelas

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