Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Description:

The Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia. 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.

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With an extremely large range and a large population that appears to be stable, they have been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN since 2004.[1] In his first description of 1758, Carl von Linné nominated the species Corvus paradisi.[2] Paradise-flycatchers used to be classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now placed in the family Monarchidae together with monarch flycatchers