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Terpsiphone paradisi
Males have elongated central tail feathers, and in some populations a black and rufous plumage while others have white plumage. Females are short-tailed with rufous wings and a black head. They feed on insects, which they capture in the air often below a densely canopied tree. Young males are rufous and have short tails. They acquire long tails in their second or third year. Adult males are either predominantly bright rufous above or predominantly white. Some specimens show some degree of intermediacy between rufous and white. Long-tailed rufous birds are generally devoid of shaft streaks on the wing and tail feathers, while in white birds the shaft streaks, and sometimes the edges of the wing and tail feathers are black.
Seen at Madhav National Park. Asian Paradise-flycatchers inhabit thick forests and well-wooded habitats from Turkestan to Manchuria, all over India and Sri Lanka to the Malay Archipelago on the islands of Sumba and Alor. They are vagrant in Korea and Maldives, and regionally extinct in Singapore.
22 Comments
Thanks Aakash :-)
Awesome
Thank you Kuheli!
a beauty..
Thanks Ashish!
Lovely Young male one...!!
Nice find...
They are Rufus back during subadult immature stage...
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Thanks for your comment Sumukha!
Wonderful spotting..!
Thank you Isabella, Matimar1 and willie for your nice comments. Thanks for your invite matimar1, but there is already a mission called birds of the world and I have already joined it.
wonderful spotting Satyen
Wow, amazing pics of a wonderfull creature, love it !!!!!
Thanks Carol!
Very nice bird!
Thank you birdlady!
Very cool bird and spotting!
Thanks Sachin, Atul, Leanne, Nuwan, Daniele and Megs 18. I am glad you all liked it.
what a beautiful bird, such a brilliant blue.
Beautiful bird and series Satyen!
Awesome !!
Spectacular! What a fabulous looking bird!
wowww superb capture Satyen !
Fabulous spotting with excellent captures,
wonderful bird,