Trochocercus | |
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Female blue-mantled crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: |
Trochocercus Cabanis, 1850 |
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".
After three former species were transferred to the genus Elminia in 2009, the genus Trochocercus now contains the following two remaining species:
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Trochocercus: