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 4 species which occur in Sudan.
- African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Dusky Crested-Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sudan
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