Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
African Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) - HBW 11, p. 289
French: Tchitrec d’Afrique
German: Graubrust-Paradiesschnäpper
Spanish: Monarca-colilargo Africano
Taxonomy: Muscicapa viridis Statius Muller, 1776, Senegal.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with T. rufocinerea, the two hybridizing in Gabon and Angola; hybridizes also with T. rufiventer. Ten subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- viridis (Statius Muller, 1776) - extreme S Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia S to Sierra Leone.
- ferreti (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Mali and Ivory Coast E to N Cameroon, S Chad, N Central African Republic, Sudan, N Eritrea and Somalia, S to NE DRCongo, S Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- harterti (R. Meinertzhagen, 1923) - extreme SW Saudi Arabia, W & E Yemen and S Oman.
- viridis (Statius Muller, 1776) - extreme S Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia S to Sierra Leone.
- ferreti (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Mali and Ivory Coast E to N Cameroon, S Chad, N Central African Republic, Sudan, N Eritrea and Somalia, S to NE DRCongo, S Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- harterti (R. Meinertzhagen, 1923) - extreme SW Saudi Arabia, W & E Yemen and S Oman.
- speciosa (Cassin, 1859) - S Cameroon E to SW Sudan, S to DRCongo and NE Angola.
- restricta (Salomonsen, 1933) - S Uganda.
- kivuensis Salomonsen, 1949 - SW Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, E DRCongo (Kivu) and NW Tanzania.
- suahelica Reichenow, 1898 - W Kenya and N Tanzania.
- ungujaensis (C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947) - E Tanzania, including islands of Zanzibar, Mafia and Pemba.
- plumbeiceps Reichenow, 1898 - breeds Angola and N Namibia E to SW Tanzania, Mozambique and N South Africa; non-breeding also N to Cameroon, S DRCongo and SE Kenya.
- granti (Roberts, 1948) - breeds E & S South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal S to S Western Cape); non-breeding N to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female moving among branches Locality Travelers Rest Hotel, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp kivuensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 4.9 -
Different views of a male. Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp plumbeiceps)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 5 years ago 40 sec 4.7 -
one bird looking around Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp viridis)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 18 sec 4.6 -
A female perched on a chair Locality Travelers Rest Hotel, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp kivuensis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 5 years ago 24 sec 4.6 -
A female perched, showing its short tail at the end Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana (ssp plumbeiceps)
Alex García · Videoaves 28 December 2007 5 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A female moving in the vegetation and preening Locality Mara Serena Lodge, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp suahelica)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 4.4
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This is a young male. Adult breeding males show more of a crest, have a bright blue orbital eyering, an electric blue upper mand
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp viridis)
Steve Garvie 6 December 2009 3 years ago 4.6 -
Male perched in a tree
Locality Wadi Darbat, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp harterti)
John A Thompson 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Female perched in a tree
Locality Wadi Darbat, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
John A Thompson 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
A perched bird.
Locality Ayn Hamran, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp harterti)
Fran Trabalon 6 January 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Female perched on a branch.
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Tadeusz Rosinski 16 January 2013 7 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male perched in a tree
Locality Wadi Darbat, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
John A Thompson 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2
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A male in the nest, singing to attract the female. Locality Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Central Region, Malawi
(ssp plumbeiceps)
Greg Baker 16 October 2005 22 weeks ago 4
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