Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (Erythrocercus mccallii) - HBW 11, p. 328
French: Érythrocerque à tête rousse
German: Rotkappen-Spreizschwanz
Spanish: Monarca Capirrufo
Other common names: Chestnut-cap Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Pycnosphrys McCallii Cassin, 1855, Moonda River, Gabon.
Forms a superspecies with E. holochlorus and E. livingstonei. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigeriae Bannerman, 1920 - SW Mali and NE & S Guinea E to SWGhana, S Benin and SW Nigeria.
- mccallii (Cassin, 1855) - SE Nigeria E to SW Central African Republic, S to Gabon, PRCongo and NW Angola (Cabinda), also C DRCongo.
- congicus Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 - E DRCongo to W Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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very restless Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp congicus )
Daniêl Jimenez 28 September 2010 2 years ago 1 min 8 sec 3.4 -
A bird in a tree, foraging Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp congicus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 13 sec 2.8
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Bird moving across sub-canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Chris and Megan Perkins 15 February 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
A bird in the canopy carrying a leaf
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp nigeriae)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A bird in the canopy carrying a leaf
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp nigeriae)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 0
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