Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) - HBW 11, p. 285
French: Tchitrec du Cap
German: Blaumantel-Haubenschnäpper
Spanish: Monarca de El Cabo
Taxonomy: Muscicapa cyanomelas Vieillot, 1818, Auteniquoi, Knysna district, Cape Province, South Africa.
Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vivax Neave, 1909 - W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, NW Tanzania, SE DRCongo (Shaba) and adjacent N & W Zambia.
- bivittatus Reichenow, 1879 - SC & SE Kenya, S Somalia and to E Tanzania, including Zanzibar I.
- megalolophus Swynnerton, 1907 - Malawi and N Mozambique S to E Zimbabwe and NE South Africa (E KwaZulu-Natal).
- vivax Neave, 1909 - W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, NW Tanzania, SE DRCongo (Shaba) and adjacent N & W Zambia.
- bivittatus Reichenow, 1879 - SC & SE Kenya, S Somalia and to E Tanzania, including Zanzibar I.
- megalolophus Swynnerton, 1907 - Malawi and N Mozambique S to E Zimbabwe and NE South Africa (E KwaZulu-Natal).
- segregus Clancey, 1975 - NE South Africa (E Northern Province S to W KwaZulu-Natal).
- cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818) - coastal S & SE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male feeding nestling. Locality Wilderness National Park, Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp megalolophus)
Conan Guard 6 January 2009 4 years ago 8 sec 3.5 -
Female at nest. Locality Wilderness National Park, Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp megalolophus)
Conan Guard 6 January 2009 4 years ago 4 sec 3.3
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An adult male in deep shade.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp bivittatus)
Steve Garvie 5 August 2007 3 years ago 2 -
An adult male perched on a branch.
Locality Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp cyanomelas)
Carmelo López 20 November 2010 2 years ago 1.9
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Calling in the mid-level of the forest along the trail. Locality Hoopoe Falls Trail, Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp cyanomelas)
Charles Hesse 9 January 2010 3 years ago 4
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