African Blue-flycatcher

Taxobox
name = African Blue-flycatcher


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Stenostiridae
genus = "Elminia"
species = "E. longicauda"
binomial = "Elminia longicauda"
binomial_authority = (Swainson, 1838)
synonyms = The African Blue-flycatcher ("Elminia longicauda") is a species of bird in the Stenostiridae family.

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and moist savanna.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/51373/all Elminia longicauda] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.