MONARCH FLYCATCHERs
Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae
The Monarch Flycatchers comprise a family of passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise-flycatchers, and magpie-larks. Monarchids are small insectivorous songbirds with long tails and broad bills. Their plumage ranges from somber to spectacular. They inhabit forest or woodland across sub-Saharan Africa, southeast Asia, and Australasia. Only a few species migrate. Many species decorate their cup-shaped nests with lichen.
Other families of flycatchers: Muscicapidae, Tyrannidae. Swallows (Hirundinidae) and Swifts (Apodidae) also catch insects in the air.
Genus Arses
Monarch,_Frilled Arses telescopthalmus Found: New Guinea
The Frill-necked Monarch was formerly considered a subspecies of the Frilled Monarch.
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova
Monarch,_Frill-necked Arses lorealis Found: Australia
The male Frill-necked Monarch has white white nape, shoulders,throat, breast, rump; rest black; bright blue orbital skin. Female similar, but lacks eye-ring; has white lores, brownish tinged breast.
Image by: 1) Complicado 2) Tom Tarrant 3) Tony_Morris
Monarch,_Pied Arses kaupi Found: Australia
Image by: 1) David Cook - QLD, Australia 2) Dave Curtis - near Cairns 3) Dominic_Sherony
Monarch,_Rufous-collared also Ochre-collared Monarch Arses insularis Found: New Guinea
The male Rufous-collared Monarch has mainly black upperparts; black face; bright rufous collar, upper-breast; white lower-breast, belly; blue eye-ring. Female has olive-brown upperparts; rufous chin, throat, upper-breast; white lower-breast, belly.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova 4) Charles_Davies2) Female 3, 4) Male
Genus Carterornis
Monarch,_Golden Carterornis chrysomela Found: New Guinea
The male Golden Monarch has mainly golden colored plumage; black mask, wings, tail. Female has golden-olive plumage. Both have white "teardrop" below eyes.
Image by: 1) Lip Kee - Papua, Indonesia 2) Katerina Tvardikova 3) David_Cook
Monarch,_Loetoe Carterornis castus Found: Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit
Monarch,_White-eared Carterornis leucotis Found: northeastern Australia
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Tom Tarrant 4) Brian_McCauley
Monarch,_White-naped Carterornis pileatus Found: Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Mike Nelson
Genus Chasiempis
Elepaio,_Hawaii Chasiempis sandwichensis Found: Big Island of Hawaii
Image by: 1) Michael Klotz 2) Eike Wulfmeyer 3) Pat and Keith Taylor - Kipuka Ki, Volcano, Hawaii 4) Dan_Hutcheson
1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Elepaio,_Kauai Chasiempis sclateri Found: Kauai
The Kauai Elepalo has gray back, head; pale white supercilium; rusty breast; whitish belly.
Image by: 1) Alan_Schierer 2) Caleb Slemmons 3) John Game
Elepaio,_Oahu Chasiempis ibidis Found: Oahu
The Oahu Elepalo is It is now restricted to an area of 47 square kilometers (18 sq mi) in the Koolau and Waianae ranges.
Image by: 1) Alan_Schierer 2) Aaron_Maizlish1) Female 2) Male
Genus Clytorhynchus
Shrikebill, Black-throated Clytorhynchus nigrogularis Found: Fiji, Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Thierry Nogaro
Shrikebill, Fiji Clytorhynchus vitiensis Found: American Samoa, Fiji, Tonga
Image by: 1) Godeffroy 2) Thierry Nogaro
Shrikebill, Rennell Clytorhynchus hamlini Found: Solomon Islands
Image by: 1, 2) Tony Morris
Shrikebill, Southern Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides Found: Vanuatu (east of northern Australia)
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Tony Morris
Genus Eutrichomyias - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Cerulean Paradise- Eutrichomyias rowleyi Found: Sangihe, off North Sulawesi in Indonesia
The Cerulean Paradise-Flycatcher has cerulean-blue plumage; bare white eye-ring; dark brown eyes; bluish-black bill; pale blue-gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Wesley Pangimangen
Genus Grallina
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Found: Australia, New Guinea
The Magpie-lark has blach and white plumage. Mainly black upperparts; black breast; white belly. Male has black throat; female has white throat.
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) Wayne Butterworth 3) Tony_Morris 4, 5, 6) Dick Daniels - Australia 7) David Cook - Wamboin, NSW, Australia 8) Leo
2, 3) Female 4 - 8) Male
Torrent-lark Grallina bruijnii Found: New Guinea
The Torrent-lark has blach and white plumage. Male has mainly black head; white ear-coverts down to side of neck; black throat, breast, upper-belly; white lower belly. Female similar to male, but white band extends from base of bill, thourgh eye, to base of neck.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova2) Female 3) Male
Genus Hypothymis
Monarch,_Black-naped Hypothymis azurea Found: Asia
The male Black-naped Monarch has blue upperparts, breast; black nape, half collar. Female duller with olive-brown wings; no black nape.
Image by: 1, 3) Hiyashi Haka 2) Lip_Kee - Thailand 4, 5) Alnus - Taiwan 6) JJ_Harrison - Thailand 7) Tareq Uddin Ahmed
1, 2) Female 3 - 7) Male
Monarch,_Celestial Hypothymis coelestis Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Josleph Smit 2) Bram Demeulemeester 3) Mark Sutton
Monarch,_Pale-blue Hypothymis puella Found: east Indonesia
The Pale-blue Monarch is a forest species which builds a small cup nest. It has short legs and sits very upright whilst perched prominently, like a shrike.
Image by: 1) 1) Lip Kee 2) Joseph Smit 3) Ariefrahman - North Sulawesi
1) Female 2) Male
Monarch,_Short-crested Hypothymis helenae Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Marcel Holyoak 2) Yann Muzika
Genus Mayrornis
The name Mayrornis is a compound word. The first part, Mayr, commemorates Ernst Walter Mayr, a German ornithologist and systematist. The second part, ornis, is the Greek word meaning "bird"
Monarch, Ogea also Versicolored Monarch Mayrornis versicolor Found: Fiji
Image by: 1) Mary Bomford
Monarch,_Slaty Mayrornis lessoni Found: Fiji
Image by: 1) Tom Tarrant
Monarch,_Vanikoro Mayrornis schistaceus Found: Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Genus Metabolus - 1 species
Monarch,_Truk also Chuuk Monarck Metabolus rugensis Found: island of Chuuk in Micronesia
The male Truk Monarch has mainly whitish plumage; black face, throat. Female has black plumage.
Image by: 1, 2) Nigel Voaden1) Female 2) Male
Genus Monarcha
Monarch_ Black-faced Monarcha melanopsis Found: Australia, New Guinea
The Black-faced Monarch has pale gray upperparts, upper-breast; black forehead, lores; rufous lower-breast, belly.
Image by:
1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) Aviceda - Armstrong Creek, Queensland 3) Greg_Miles 4) Brett Donald 5) Nick_Athanas - Queensland
Monarch,_Black-winged Monarcha frater Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) Tony_Morris
Monarch,_Bougainville Monarcha erythrostictus Found: Solomon Islands
The male Bougainville Monarch has bluish-black upperparts, breast; yellowish-white crescent in front of eye; chestnut belly. Female as male except spot in front of eye rufous.
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Monarch,_Chestnut-bellied Monarcha castaneiventris Found: Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) John Gerrard Keulemans 3) Tony Morris
Monarch,_Island Monarcha cinerascens Found: New Guinea and vicinity
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) Nicolas LeJeune 3) Tom 4) Nicovanmalir
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Monarch,_Tinian Monarcha takatsukasae Found: northwestern Pacific near Guam
The Tinian Monarch is found in Northern Mariana Islands, and found only on the island of Tinian.
Image by: 1) Devon Pike
Monarch,_White-capped Monarcha richardsii Found: Western Province of Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Jun Maisui
Monarch,_Yap Monarcha godeffroyi Found: Yap Main Islands of Micronesia
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit
Genus Myiagra
Flycatchers in the genus Myiagra are small birds. They have broad flattened bills adapted to catching insects. The bill is usually black. The insides of their mouths are bright orange.. They are sexually dichromatic, to a greater or lesser degree. Males tend to have dark upperparts and pale bellies. The females follow a similar pattern to males but have lighter, more washed out colours. They are found in Australasia
Flycatcher,_Biak (Black) Myiagra atra Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1) Jon Hornbuckle
Flycatcher,_Blue-crested also Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla Found: Fiji
The male Blue-creasted Flycatcher has dark blue upperparts; light blue crown; white underparts. Female has brown upperparts with grayish tinged-cheeks; bluish-tinged crown.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Tom Tarrant
1) Male - top; female - bottom 2) Male
Flycatcher,_Broad-billed Myiagra ruficollis Found: Australia, New Guinea
The Broad-billed Flycatcher has dark blue upperparts, head; blackish tail; orange-buff throat, upper-breast; whitish lowr-breast, belly; white eye-ring, wider on bottom. Female similar to male but paler.
Image by: 1, 4) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) Geoff_Whalan - NT 3) Brian_McCauley - Australia 5) sunphlo 6) Lip_Kee 
2, 3) Female 4 - 6) Male
Flycatcher,_Dull also Velvet Flycatcher Myiagra hebetior Found: Bismarck Archipelago (northeast of New Guinea)
The male Dull Flycatcher has black plumage; velvet black head.
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Flycatcher,_Leaden Myiagra rubecula Found: Australia, New Guinea
The Leaden Flycatcher has dark blue-gray upperparts, head; broad blue bill with black tip. Female has red-orange throat, upper-breast. Juvenile has mottled brown breast..
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) David Cook 3) Brian_McCauley 4) Jim_Bendon 5) Oystercatcher 6) JJ Harrison 7) Geoff_Whalan 2) Juvenile 3, 4) Female 5, 6, 7) Male
Flycatcher, Makira Myiagra cervinicauda Found: Makria (Solomon Islands)
Image by: 1) Josep Del Hoyo
1) Male
Flycatcher,_Melanesian Myiagra caledonica Found: Solomon Islands and vicinity
Image by: 1) Mark Maddock 2) Frederic Desmoulins 3) Tony_Morris
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Flycatcher,_Moluccan Myiagra galeata Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1) Graham Ekins
Flycatcher,_Oceanic Myiagra oceanica Found: Truk (west Caroline Islands of Micronesia)
Image by: 1) Tony Morris
Flycatcher,_Palau Myiagra erythrops Found: Palau (west Caroline Islands of Micronesia)
Image by: 1) Devon Pike 2) thibaudaronson
Flycatcher,_Paperbark Myiagra nana Found: Australia, New Guinea
The Paperbark Flycatcher has blackish upperparts; white underparts.
Similar to: Restless Flycatcher. Paperbark Flycatcher is noticably smaller than Restless Flycatcher. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2, 5, 6, 7) Geoff_Whalan - Northern Territory, AU 3) GDW.45 4) Brian_McCauley Similar to: Restless Flycatcher. Paperbark Flycatcher is noticably smaller than Restless Flycatcher. Their ranges do not overlap.
Flycatcher,_Pohnpei Myiagra pluto Found: east Caroline Islands of Micronesia
Image by: 1) stamp 2) thibaudaronson
Flycatcher,_Restless Myiagra inquieta Found: Australia
The Restless Flycatcher has blackish upperparts; white underparts. It builds a cup-shaped nest from shredded bark and grasses, matted and bound with spider-webbing. Linings used are soft bark, grasses, hair or feathers. It is often decorated with lichen, strips of bark or spiders' egg sacs. The nest site is in the fork of a well-foliaged tree mostly near or overhanging water,
Similar to: Paperbark Flycatcher. Paperbark Flycatcher is noticably smaller than Restless Flycatcher. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Tom Tarrant 2) David_Cook - Queensland 3) patrick_kavanagh 4, 5) fir2000Similar to: Paperbark Flycatcher. Paperbark Flycatcher is noticably smaller than Restless Flycatcher. Their ranges do not overlap.
Flycatcher,_Samoan Myiagra albiventris Found: Samoa
Image by: 1) Hartlaub Finsch 2) Ryan Francis
Flycatcher,_Satin Myiagra cyanoleuca Found: Australia, New Guinea
The Satin Flycatcher has blue-black upperparts; white belly. Male has blue-black hear, upper-breast; female has orange-red throat, upper-breast.
Image by: 1 ) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) Geoff Whalan 3) Tom Tarrant 4) David_Cook 5) Brian_McCauley
Flycatcher,_Shining Myiagra alecto Found: Australia, New Guinea
The male Shining Flycatcher has blue-black plumage. Female has rufous-tinged brown upperparts; black head; white underparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Katerina_Tvardikova 3) Lip Kee 4) Geoff_Whalan - Northern Territory 5) Brian_McCauley 6) Greg Miles 
2 - 4) Female 5, 6) Male
Flycatcher,_Steel-blue Myiagra ferrocyanea Found: New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) Josep Del Hoyo
2) Male
Flycatcher,_Vanikoro Myiagra vanikorensis Found: Fiji and vicinity
The Vanikoro Flycatcher has glossy black upperpart; rufous underparts; slightly hooked black bill; black legs. Male has black throat; female has white chin, rufous throat.
Image by: 1, 2) Tom Tarrant
Genus Neolalage - 1 species
Monarch,_Buff-bellied Neolalage banksiana Found: Vanuatu
Image by: 1) Andrew Skeoch
Genus Pomarea
This genus is restricted to Polynesia. They are highly threatened due to predation by the introduced black rat.
Monarch,_Iphis Pomarea iphis Found: French Polynesia
Image by: 1) Philippe Ruist 2) Jean-Paul Mutz
1) Juvenile
Monarch,_Marquesas Pomarea mendozae Found: French Polynesia
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Eric Oliver
Monarch, Rarotonga Pomarea dimidiata Found: Cook Islands
The Rarotonga Monarch plumage changes from orange to orange-gray to gray as it reaches maturity at 4 years.
Image by: 1) Anne van der Wal 2, 3) Linrod2) Yearling 3) Mature adult
Monarch,_Tahiti Pomarea nigra Found: Tahiti
The Tahiti Monarch has black plumage; pale blue bill. There are fewer than 50 remaining.
Image by: 1) Francois Sanz
Genus Symposiachrus
This genus is sometimes lumped together in the genus Monarcha.Most have black and white plumage.
Monarch,_Biak Symposiachrus brehmii Found: Biak (northwest of New Guinea)
Image by: 1, 2) Lars Peterrson
1) Female 2) Male
Monarch,_Black Symposiachrus axillaris Found: New Guinea
The male Black Monach has black plumage; black legs. Female similar but grayish-black.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Katerina Tvardikova
Monarch,_Black-and-white also Solomon Monarch Symposiachrus barbatus Found: New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) John Gould
Monarch,_Black-backed also Kofiau Monarch Symposiachrus julianae Found: Kofiau in Indonesia
Image by: 1) Iwein Mauro
Monarch,_Black-bibbed Symposiachrus mundus Found: Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Joseph_Smit
Monarch,_Black-chinned Symposiachrus boanensis Found: Boano island of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Kees Moeliker - Boano
Monarch,_Black-tailed Symposiachrus verticalis Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) Joseph Smit
Monarch,_Black-tipped Symposiachrus loricatus Found:southern Moluccas of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Joseph Wolf 2) Pierre Fabre 3) Mehd Halaouate
1) Adult - left; Juvenile - right.
Monarch,_Flores Symposiachrus sacerdotum Found: island of Flores (Indonesia)
Image by: 1) Dubi Sharpiro
Monarch,_Hooded Symposiachrus manadensis Found: New Guinea
The Hooded Monarch has glossy-black upperparts, upper-breast; whitish lower-breast, belly. pale grayish-blue bill with black tip.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Katerina Tvardikova
Monarch,_Kulambangra Symposiachrus browni Found: Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Jun Matsui
Monarch,_Manus Symposiachrus infelix Found:Admiralty Islands of New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) Joseph Smit 3) Geoff Jones
Monarch,_Rufous Symposiachrus rubiensis Found: New Guinea
The Rufous Monarch has mainly rufous plumage. Male has gray crown; black lower forehead. Female generally browner than female, especially on head.
Image by: 1, 2) Katerina Tvardikova
Monarch,_Spectacled Symposiachrus trivirgatus also Monarcha trivirgatus Found: Australia, New Guines
The Spectacled Monarch has bluish-gray upperparts; black face, throat; white on outer edge of tail; orange-rufous breast; whitish belly. Female duller than males.
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) JJ Harrison 3, 4) David
Cook - Queensland 5) John_Manger - QLD 6) Francesco_Veronesi - QLD
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Monarch,_Spot-winged Symposiachrus guttula Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova
Monarch,_White-breasted also Mussau Monarch Symposiachrus menckei Found: Massua (northeast of New Guinea)
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) Jon Hornbuckle
Monarch,_White-collared Symposiachrus vidua Found: Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Josep del Hoyo
Monarch,_White-tailed Symposiachrus leucurus Found: Kai Islands of Indonesia
Image by: 1) James Eaton
Monarch,_White-tipped Symposiachrus everetti Found: Tanah Jampea of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Bob Hutchinson
Genus Terpsiphone
Flycatcher,_African Paradise- Terpsiphone viridis Found: Africa
The male African Paradise-Flycatcher has chesnut wings, tail; black head, underparts; white wing-bar; very long tail streamers. Female has browner tint to tail; lacks tail streamers.
Image by: 1) Hannah Rooke - Namibia 2) Frans_Vandewalle - Namibia 3) Sumeet Moghe - Masai Mara 4, 5, 6) Dick Daniels - Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara 7, 8) Arno Meintjes 
1, 2) Female 3 - 8) Male
Flycatcher,_Amur_Paradise- Terpsiphone incei Found: China and Manchuria to southeast Asia
The Asian Paradise-Flycatcher was split to form the Amur Paradise-Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher, and Indian Paradise Flycatcher.
Image by: 1) Lip_Kee 2) Brendan_Ryan - China_-_Lip_Kee_(3).jpg){kind=link}
1) Female 2) Male
Flycatcher,_Bates's Paradise- Terpsiphone batesi Found: central Africa
The Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher has rufous upperparts; blue-gray head, underparts.
Similar to: Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher. Bate's Paradise-Flycatcher was consider a subspecies of Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher. Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher has a darked head with creast and male always has elongated central tail feathers.
Image by: 1) Bernard GuevortsSimilar to: Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher. Bate's Paradise-Flycatcher was consider a subspecies of Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher. Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher has a darked head with creast and male always has elongated central tail feathers.
Flycatcher,_Black-headed Paradise- also Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer Found: Africa
The male Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher has mainly chestnut plumage; black head; long tail streamers. Female is duller and lacks tail streamers.
Image by: 1)) Gip Gipukan 2) Allan_Hopkins - Gambia 3) Steve Garvie - Gambia
1, 2) Female 3) Male
Flycatcher,_Blue Paradise- Terpsiphone cyanescens Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Rackk67 2) Francesco Veronesi 3) Kieron Tan
Flycatcher,_Blyth's_Paradise- also Oriental Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis Found: southern China to Sumatra and Melanesia
The Asian Paradise-Flycatcher was split to form the Amur Paradise-Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher, and Indian Paradise Flycatcher.
Image by: 1) Saravanan_Krishnamurthy - Singapore 1) Lip_Kee - Singapore 2) Oleg_Chernyshov - Malaysia.jpg){kind=link}
1) Female 2) Male
Flycatcher,_Indian Paradise- Terpsiphone paradisi Found: Asia
The Asian Paradise-Flycatcher was split to form the Amur Paradise-Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher, and Indian Paradise Flycatcher.
Image by: 1) J M Garg - Andhra Pradesh, India 2) Steve Garvie -
near Amaya Lake, Dambulla, Sri Lanka
3) Thimindu Goonatillake Koshy_Koshy - India
Flycatcher,_Japanese Paradise- Terpsiphone atrocaudata Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Characters 2, 3) Hiyashi Haka 4) Pokopong
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Flycatcher,_Madagascar Paradise- Terpsiphone mutata Found: in Comoros, Madagascar, and Mayotte
The Madagascar Paradise-Flycather has a black head; blue eye-ring.
Flycatcher,_Mascarene_Paradise- Terpsiphone bourbonnensis Found: Mauritius and Réunion (east of Madagascar)
The male Mascarene Paradise-Flycather has chestnut upperparts, tail; black-tipped wings; black head; gray neck-band, throat, breast, belly; blue bill; gray legs. Female paler bill; dark-gray head.
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Flycatcher,_Rufous_Paridise- Terpsiphone cinnamomea Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Ariefrahman - Salibabu Island
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Flycatcher,_Rufous-vented Paradise- Terpsiphone rufocinerea Found: Africa
Similar to: Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher. Bate's Paradise-Flycatcher was consider a subspecies of Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher. Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher has a darked head with creast and male always has elongated central tail feathers.
Image by: 1) Marcel Holyoak
Flycatcher,_Sao Tome Paradise- Terpsiphone atrochalybeia Found: Sao Tome and Principe (off west coast central Africa)
Image by: 1, 2) Muchaxo
Flycatcher,_Seychelles_Paradise- Terpsiphone corvina Found: Seychelles (northeast of Madagascar)
The male Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher has glossy black plumage with a deep blue sheen; long black central tail feathers. Female reddish-brown upperparts; creamy-white underparts. Blue orbital skin.
Image by: 1) Post of Seychelles 2, 3) Adrian Scottow 4) Adrien 5) Hubris.nemesis
1) Pair 2) Juvenile male 3) Female 4, 5) Male
Genus Trochocercus
African flycatchers. The name Trochocercus is a combination of the Greek words trokhos meaning "circular" or "round" and kerkos, meaning "tail".
Flycatcher,_Blue-headed Crested- Trochocercus nitens Found: Africa
Image by: 1, 2) University of Oslo
Flycatcher,_African Crested- also Blue-mantled Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas Found: Africa
The male African Crested Flycatcher has dark blue mantle, head, breast; white belly, wing-patch, eye-ring. Female has gray upperparts, off-white underparts; white eye-ring, wing-bars.
1) Female 2) Male
Genus Machaerirhynchus
The boatbills have a large flattened bill with "keel" on upper manbible shaped like an upturned rowing boat.
Boatbill,_Black-breasted Machaerirhynchus nigripectus Found: New Guinea
The Black-breasted Boatbill has black upperparts, lores; yellow face, underparts; black breast patch.
Boatbill,_Yellow-breasted Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Found: Australia
The male Yellow-breasted Boatbill has dark olive upperparts; yellow supercilium; white wing-bars; white chin, throat; rich yellow underparts; black bill. Female similar to male but duller; black replace by dull olive-green.
The members of this relatively new family are found in southeast Asia and Africa. The Fairy Flycatchers used to be in the Old Worrld Flycather family Muscicapidae and also in the Monarchidae family.
Genus Chelidorhynx - 1 species
Fantail,_Yellow-bellied_Fairy- also Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxantha Found: China, India, southeast Asia
The Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail has gray upperparts;dark mask; yellow forehead, underparts;
Genus Culicicapa
The canary-flycatchers have a fine-tipped bill which becomes broad and flat at the base. They are found in southeast Asia
Flycatcher,_Citrine_Canary- Culicicapa helianthea Found: Indonesia, Philippines
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Ariefrahman - North Sulawesi 3) unknown 4) Francesco_Veronesi
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Flycatcher,_Gray-headed_Canary- Culicicapa ceylonensis Found: China, Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1) JJ_Harrison - Thailand 2, 3) Shrikant_Rao - India 4, 5) Antony_Grossy - India
Genus Elminia
Flycatcher,_Africa_ Blue Elminia longicauda Found: Africa
The Africa Blue Flycatcher has bright blue upperparts, tail, head; black lores; grayish-blue fading to white underparts.
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Flycatcher,_Dusky_Crested- Elminia nigromitrata Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Nik_Borrow - Kenya
Flycatcher,_White-bellied_Crested- Elminia albiventris Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) C_Artuso
Flycatcher,_White-tailed_Blue- Elminia albicauda Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2, 3) Tom_Tarrant - Uganda 4) Francesco_Veronesi
Flycatcher,_White-tailed_Crested- Elminia albonotata Found: Africa
The White-Tailed Crested-Flycatcher has mainly gray upperparts; black crown, wings; white belly rump, under-tail; black bill.
Genus Stenostira - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Fairy Stenostira scita Found: South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia
The Fairy Flycatcher has gray upperparts; black mask; white supercilium; white throat; pale gray breast; white belly with pinkish-gray wash to center.
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