African blue flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

The African blue flycatcher or blue-crested flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae from western and central Sub-Saharan Africa.
African Blue Flycatcher spreading some feathers  African blue flycatcher,Angola,Elminia longicauda,Geotagged,Winter

Appearance

The African blue flycatcher is a dainty, pale, bright blue flycatcher with a short crest and long tail. The entire upper parts and tail are bright blue, shading between blue and cyan, with black lores and black flight feathers edged with blue, the underparts are greyish blue fading to whitish on the belly. The bill and legs are black. Juveniles are duller with faint greyish spotting on the head and wing coverts. It measures 15–18 cm in length and weighs 7–12 g.
African Blue Flycatcher teresita ssp. African blue flycatcher,Elminia longicauda,Geotagged,Kenya,Winter

Distribution

The African blue flycatcher occurs from Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia east discontinuously to Kenya and south through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to northern Angola.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, mangrove forests, gallery forest, montane forests, gardens, wooded farmland and moist savanna.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyStenostiridae
GenusElminia
SpeciesE. longicauda
Photographed in
Angola
Kenya