White-bellied crested flycatcher

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White-bellied crested flycatcher
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Stenostiridae
Genus: Elminia
Species:
E. albiventris
Binomial name
Elminia albiventris
(Sjöstedt, 1893)

The white-bellied crested flycatcher (Elminia albiventris) is a bird species in the family Stenostiridae; it was formerly placed with the drongos in the Dicruridae.

It is native to the Western High Plateau, Bioko and the Albertine Rift montane forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Elminia albiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22707043A94104435. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707043A94104435.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.