List of Birds of Angola - Monarch Flycatchers

Monarch Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in Angola.

  • Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
  • African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
  • White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
  • Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
  • Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
  • Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea
  • Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi
  • African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis

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