Azure-crested Flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla)
About the Azure-crested Flycatcher
The azure-crested flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla) or the blue-crested flycatcher, is a species of bird in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Fiji, where it is found on Taveuni. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The azure-crested flycatcher was first described in 1875 by ornithologist Edgar Leopold Layard, Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Fiji at the time. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin azureus 'blue', and capillus 'of the head'. It is also commonly known as the blue-crested broadbill, or the azure-crested flycatcher.
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Listed as recorded in Fiji in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecularecording
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