Monarchs

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus cyanomelas

The Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) is a 10 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Monarchs

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

10 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, eSwatini, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Aberfoyle Lodge (Zimbabwe); Amano Christian School (Zambia); Seldomseen (Zimbabwe); Nyika National Park (Malawi); Gorongosa NP · Pls consider using more specific locations if possible (Mozambique).

Photo: (c) Manuel Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist