List of Birds of Malawi - 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 5 species which occur in Malawi.

  • 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

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    There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)