Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
Trochocercus cyanomelas
Forest fringes. Dark brown above with white wing-bar; crested head black; throat and breast black in male, finely spotted in female; belly and vent white.
Batises, Small Flycatchers
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Fairly common resident. Both sexes differ from [White-tailed Crested Flycatcher] in white wing-bars and whiter underparts. Male has black throat and breast; mottled in female. Crest length varies regionally. Usually first detected by call, a rasping ‘zwee-zwer’ uttered frequently, virtually identical to that of [African Paradise-Flycatcher]. Male also sings a high-pitched ‘kwew-ew-ew-ew’ (like a bush-shrike) followed by four clicks. A lively, active little bird, usually in pairs in the mid- and higher strata of dense coastal bush, coastal forest and montane forest near streams.
Quick Facts
Size
17-18 cm - S
Names
A: Bloukuifvlieëvanger
Z: uqholwane
G: Blaumantel-Schopfschnäpper
Bird Family
Small leaf-gleaning flycatchers of similar appearance, characterised by grey caps and upperparts, black masks, black or rufous breast-bands and varying amounts of rufous coloration elsewhere. Immatures are dull versions of the adults. They are often found in bird parties. When alarmed they fly about with whirring wings.
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Behaviour
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