African Blue Flycatcher
Elminia longicauda(Swainson, WJ, 1838)
English (US) African Blue Flycatcher
The African Blue Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) 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 longicauda
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Blue Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Elminia longicauda longicauda
- Elminia longicauda teresita
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Myiagra longicauda
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1838)
- Type locality
- New Holland; error: Senegal, fide Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Ornith. Westafrica's, p. 93.
- Original description
- The Naturalist's Library 21(Flycatchers) p.210 pl.25
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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