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African paradise-flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Description:

A small bird with striking colours, the male, pictured here, being more vibrant than the female. Male flycatchers can also appear in an all white colour morph, even changing from red colouration to white.

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8 Comments

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Beautiful !

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Sensacional alado bello

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

fAB pic !!

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Very pretty bird. Almost similar to the Asian Paradise Flycatcher, that we have here.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Beautiful photo of a very interesting and beautiful bird. Well spotted

Seema
Seema 12 years ago

interesting beak and eyes..seem almost fused

AmySutcliffe
AmySutcliffe 12 years ago

This was probably a young male as when fully mature they have long tail streamer feathers which this individual lacked. :)

AmySutcliffe
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AmySutcliffe

Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spotted on Nov 25, 2011
Submitted on Feb 13, 2012

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