Elminia
Appearance
Elminia | |
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White-tailed blue flycatcher(Elminia albicauda) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Stenostiridae |
Genus: | Elminia Bonaparte,1854 |
Type species | |
Myiagra longicauda[1] Swainson, 1838
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Elminiais a genus ofbirdin the flycatcher familyStenostiridae.The genus is endemic toAfrica.It contains the following species:
- African blue flycatcher(Elminia longicauda)
- White-tailed blue flycatcher(Elminia albicauda)
- White-bellied crested flycatcher(Elminia albiventris)
- White-tailed crested flycatcher(Elminia albonotata)
- Dusky crested flycatcher(Elminia nigromitrata)
References
[edit]- ^"Longicaudidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-16.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006).Handbook of the Birds of the World.Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions.ISBN84-96553-06-X.