Indian Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi - Tchitrec de paradis

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Monarchidés
Genus
:
Terpsiphone
Species
:
paradisi

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 20 à 22 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Terpsiphone paradisi paradisi (c and s India, c Bangladesh and sw Myanmar)
Terpsiphone paradisi leucogaster (n Afghanistan and w China to nc India and w Nepal)
Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis (Sri Lanka)

Foreign names

Tchitrec de paradis,
Monarca del paraíso indio,
papa-moscas-do-paraíso-indiano,
Hainparadiesschnäpper,
berki paradicsom-légyvadász,
Indiase Paradijsmonarch,
Pigliamosche del paradiso asiatico,
indisk paradismonark,
Gallaparadismonark,
vípkar rajský,
lejskovec rajský,
Asiatisk Paradismonark,
paratiisimonarkki,
monarca del paradís asiàtic,
muchodławka rajska,
Āzijas paradīzes mušķērājs,
Райская мухоловка,
Seriwang asia,
カワリサンコウチョウ,
印缅寿带,
印度綬帶,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest