Trochocercus

Trochocercus is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. Described by Jean Cabanis in 1850, the name Trochocercus is a combination of the Greek words trokhos meaning "circular" or "round" and kerkos, meaning "tail".^[2]

Trochocercus
Female blue-mantled crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Trochocercus Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Muscicapa cyanomelas[1] Vieillot, 1818

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

After three former species were transferred to the genus Elminia in 2009, the genus Trochocercus now contains the following two remaining species:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Trochocercus cyanomelas	Blue-mantled crested flycatcher	south-eastern Africa
	Trochocercus nitens	Blue-headed crested flycatcher	African tropical rainforest

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Trochocercus:

• Bedford's paradise flycatcher (as Trochocercus bedfordi)^[4]
• Dusky crested flycatcher (as Trochocercus nigromitratus)^[5]
• White-bellied crested flycatcher (as Trochocercus albiventris)^[6]
• White-tailed crested flycatcher (as Trochocercus albicaudatus or Trochocercus albonotata)^[7]