White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
Elminia albonotata(Sharpe, RB, 1891)
English (US) White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
The White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Stenostiridae (Fairy Flycatchers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Elminia albonotata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1891)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Elminia albonotata albonotata
- Elminia albonotata swynnertoni
- Elminia albonotata subcaerulea
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochocercus albonotatus
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1891)
- Type locality
- Mt. Elgon.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.3, no.9 p.121
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Fairy Flycatchers
Yellow-bellied Fantail
Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Fairy Flycatcher
Stenostira scita
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher
Culicicapa ceylonensis
Citrine Canary-flycatcher
Culicicapa helianthea
African Blue Flycatcher
Elminia longicauda
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Elminia albicauda
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
Elminia nigromitrata
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher
Elminia albiventris
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