Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Trochocercus

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus cyanomelas

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Trochocercus cyanomelas bivittatus

southern Somalia to Kenya and eastern Tanzania (including Zanzibar)
Trochocercus cyanomelas cyanomelas

coastal southern South Africa (west to Western Cape)
Trochocercus cyanomelas megalolophus

Malawi and northern Mozambique to Zimbabwe and northeastern South Africa (eastern KwaZulu-Natal)
Trochocercus cyanomelas segregus

northeastern South Africa (eastern North West to western KwaZulu-Natal)
Trochocercus cyanomelas vivax

Uganda and western Tanzania to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.