''Elminia'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. The genus is endemic to

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. It contains the following species: * African blue flycatcher (''Elminia longicauda'') * White-tailed blue flycatcher (''Elminia albicauda'') * White-bellied crested flycatcher (''Elminia albiventris'') *

White-tailed crested flycatcher The white-tailed crested flycatcher (''Elminia albonotata'') is a species of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. It has a discontinuous distribution in eastern Africa. There are three subspecies, ''E. a. albonotata'' of central Kenya, a ...

(''Elminia albonotata'') * Dusky crested flycatcher (''Elminia nigromitrata'')

References

* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). ''

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''. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. . Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub