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 6 species which occur in Sierra Leone.
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Dusky Crested-Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sierra Leone
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