Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher (Elminia albonotata) - HBW 11, p. 327
French: Elminie à queue frangée
German: Berghaubenschnäpper
Spanish: Elminia Coliblanca
Other common names: African White-tailed Flycatcher, White-tipped Crested Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Trochocercus albonotatus Sharpe, 1891, Mount Elgon, Uganda and west Kenya.
Has been placed in genus Trochocercus, but recent evidence indicates closer relationship with present genus. Forms a superspecies with E. nigromitrata and E. albiventris. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albonotata (Sharpe, 1891) - Mt Elgon E to C Kenya, and W Uganda S through Rift Valley to E DRCongo and SW Tanzania.
- subcaerulea (Grote, 1923) - SE Kenya, E, C & S Tanzania, S Malawi and N Mozambique.
- swynnertoni (Neumann, 1908) - E Zimbabwe (Nyanga to Mt Selinda) and Mozambique (R Pungwe S to about Espungabera and E to Mt Gorongosa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched and calling Locality Zomba Plateau, Southern Region, Malawi (ssp subcaerulea)
Greg Baker 18 October 2005 30 weeks ago 38 sec 3.7
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Feeding in undergrowth
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 22 December 2009 2 years ago 2.2
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An individual calling. Locality Zomba Plateau, Southern Region, Malawi
(ssp subcaerulea)
Greg Baker 18 October 2005 18 weeks ago 4
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