Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus nitens

A locally common but easily overlooked flycatcher of forest and forest edge. Has a distinctive crested flycatcher shape but more warbler-like behavior, sitting laterally on perches and moving its tail around as it forages. Male has a glossy black head, throat, back, wings, and tail, with a pale gray belly. Female is pale gray all over, slightly darker on the back, wings, and tail, with a blackish cap. Song is an ethereal, hollow “wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo,” rising in pitch, reminiscent of a fast White-spotted Flufftail. Calls include harsh chatters and rattles.

分类信息

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.<p>Two subspecies are recognized:

学名
Trochocercus nitens
命名信息
Cassin, 1859
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Trochocercus

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Resident species

保护状况

种群趋势
declining

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鸟叫声

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