Blue-headed crested flycatcher

The blue-headed crested flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae, native to the African tropical forest.

Blue-headed crested flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Trochocercus
Species:	T. nitens
Binomial name
Trochocercus nitens Cassin, 1859
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Terpsiphone nitens

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities have placed the blue-headed crested flycatcher in the genus Terpsiphone. Alternate names include the blue-headed flycatcher and blue-headed paradise-flycatcher.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:^[2]

• Upper Guinea blue-headed crested flycatcher (T. n. reichenowi) - Sharpe, 1904: Originally described as a separate species. Found from Guinea to Togo
• T. n. nitens - Cassin, 1859: Found from Nigeria to southern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and northwestern Angola