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Trochocercus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Trochocercus

Higher classification
  
Monarch flycatcher

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Monarchidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Blue-mantled crested flycatcher, Blue-headed crested flycatcher

Trochocercus is a genus of bird in the Monarchidae family. Described by Jean Cabanis in 1850, the name Trochocercus is a combination of the Greek words trokhos meaning "circular" or "round" and kerkos, meaning "tail".

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Extant species

After three former species were transferred to the genus Elminia in 2009, the genus Trochocercus now contains the following two remaining species:

  • Blue-mantled crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas)
  • Blue-headed crested flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens)

    • Former species

    Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Trochocercus:

  • Bedford's paradise flycatcher (as Trochocercus bedfordi)
  • Dusky crested flycatcher (as Trochocercus nigromitratus)
  • White-bellied crested flycatcher (as Trochocercus albiventris)
  • White-tailed crested flycatcher (as Trochocercus albicaudatus or Trochocercus albonotata)

    • References

    Trochocercus Wikipedia
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