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 5 species which occur in Mozambique.
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- African Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Mozambique
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