Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Dusky Crested-flycatcher (Elminia nigromitrata) - HBW 11, p. 326
French: Elminie à tête noire
German: Schwarzkopf-Haubenschnäpper
Spanish: Elminia Cabecinegra
Other common names: Dusky Elminia, Crested/Black-crowned Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Terpsiphone nigromitrata Reichenow, 1874, Cameroon River, Cameroon.
Has been placed in genus Trochocercus. Forms a superspecies with E. albiventris and E. albonotata; has been considered conspecific with former. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- colstoni (Dickerman, 1994) - discontinuously SE Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Mt Nimba), S Ivory Coast, W & S Ghana and S Nigeria.
- nigromitrata (Reichenow, 1874) - Cameroon and Gabon, N PRCongo E to SW & SE Central African Republic, DRCongo, W & S Uganda, SW Kenya (Kakamega Forest) and extreme NW Tanzania (Bukoba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
- No videos available yet
-
Adult high up in the canopy
Locality Aboaba Camp, Ghana (ssp colstoni)
Photo-ay 2 January 2010 2 years ago 2
- No sound recordings available yet
Email this page