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White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Elminia albicauda Barboza du Bocage, 1877
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The white-tailed blue flycatcher (Elminia albicauda) is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and dry savanna.
Wikipedia contributors, White-tailed blue flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:04:21.938703+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elminia albicauda Barboza du Bocage, 1877
- Name authority
- Barboza du Bocage, 1877
- Common name
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Stenostiridae
- Genus
- Elminia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyStenostiridae
- genusElminia Bonaparte, 1854
- speciesElminia albicauda Barboza du Bocage, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elminia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White-bellied Crested FlycatcherElminia albiventris (Sjöstedt, 1893) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotata (Sharpe, 1891) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda (Swainson, 1838) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata (Reichenow, 1874) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Barboza du Bocage, & José Vicente. (1877). Mélanges Ornilhologiques (Continuado do num. xx) III Espéces nouvelles d’Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas E Naturaes. Publicado Sob Os Auspicios Da Academia Real Das Sciencas de Lisboa, Vol. 6. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39C35. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.