Elminia

Elminia
White-tailed blue flycatcher (Elminia albicauda)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Stenostiridae
Genus:	Elminia Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Myiagra longicauda Swainson, 1838

Elminia is a genus of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. The genus is endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	African blue flycatcher	Elminia longicauda	Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia east discontinuously to Kenya and south through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to northern Angola.
	White-tailed blue flycatcher	Elminia albicauda	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
	White-bellied crested flycatcher	Elminia albiventris	Western High Plateau, Bioko, and the Albertine Rift montane forests.
	White-tailed crested flycatcher	Elminia albonotata	Discontinuous distribution in eastern Africa.
	Dusky crested flycatcher	Elminia nigromitrata	Widespread across the African tropical rainforest.

Further reading

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.