Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) - HBW 11, p. 289
French: Tchitrec de paradis
German: Hainparadiesschnäpper
Spanish: Monarca-colilargo Asiático
Taxonomy: Corvus paradisi Linnaeus, 1758, India.
Has been suggested as being conspecific with T. atrocaudata, because the two hybridize, but interbreeding is very limited as ranges barely overlap; further study needed. Proposed races madzoedi (N Sumatra) and australis (S Sumatra) are included within affinis. Fourteen subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucogaster (Swainson, 1838) - breeds W Tien Shan S to N Afghanistan, N Pakistan, NW & NC India and W & C Nepal; non-breeding E Pakistan and peninsular India.
- saturatior (Salomonsen, 1933) - breeds E Nepal E to NE India, E Bangladesh and N Myanmar; non-breeding also Malay Peninsula.
- paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758) - C & S India, C Bangladesh and SW Myanmar; non-breeding also Sri Lanka.
- leucogaster (Swainson, 1838) - breeds W Tien Shan S to N Afghanistan, N Pakistan, NW & NC India and W & C Nepal; non-breeding E Pakistan and peninsular India.
- saturatior (Salomonsen, 1933) - breeds E Nepal E to NE India, E Bangladesh and N Myanmar; non-breeding also Malay Peninsula.
- paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758) - C & S India, C Bangladesh and SW Myanmar; non-breeding also Sri Lanka.
- ceylonensis (Zarudny & Härms, 1912) - Sri Lanka.
- nicobarica Oates, 1890 - C Nicobar Is.
- incei (Gould, 1852) - breeds C, E & NE China, Russian Far East (S Ussuriland) and N Korea; non-breeding mainly SE Asia.
- burmae (Salomonsen, 1933) - C Myanmar.
- indochinensis (Salomonsen, 1933) - E Myanmar, S China (S Yunnan) and Thailand E to Indochina.
- affinis (Blyth, 1846) - Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
- procera (Richmond, 1903) - Simeulue I (off NW Sumatra).
- insularis Salvadori, 1887 - Nias I (off NW Sumatra).
- borneensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1916) - Borneo.
- floris Büttikofer, 1894 - Sumbawa, Flores, Lomblen, Alor (Lesser Sundas).
- sumbaensis A. B. Meyer, 1894 - Sumba I (Lesser Sundas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a tree and flying away. Locality Bach Ma National Park, Annam, Vietnam (ssp indochinensis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 April 2008 3 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
perching on a branch Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp indochinensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2010 1 year ago 18 sec 4.6 -
A female perched, changing of tree and calling at the end. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp ceylonensis)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 October 2008 3 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
A male plunging in a pond twice, with two Blue-throated Blue-flycatchers looking. Both sequences repeated in slow motion. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp paradisi)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A male preening Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp borneensis)
Greg Baker 27 April 2003 36 weeks ago 9 sec 3.5
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The typical adult male Asian Paradise-flycatcher is about 20 cm long, but the long tail streamers double this.
Locality Pakistan
zahoorsalmi 16 June 2011 9 weeks ago 4.8 -
A male at the nest, incubating.
Locality Wilderness Park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Manish Panchal 13 July 2008 1 year ago 4.4 -
Asian paradise flycatcher (Adult Male)
Locality Indroda Nature Park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Manish Panchal 6 March 2012 11 weeks ago 4.4 -
A female perched.
Locality Pune, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
anup sharma 21 June 2011 48 weeks ago 4.4 -
A sub-adult male Asian Paradise Flycatcher. Males of this species come is two variants first this rufous and the other one is wh
Locality Biligiriranga Hills (B R Hills) Wildlife Sanctuary , Karnataka, India
subharghya 29 March 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
DA : Digitally Altered: Applied Gaussian Blur on BG
Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India
Subramanya_CK 2 years ago 4.2
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Display calls Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp paradisi )
RAM GOPAL SONI 22 July 1998 2 years ago 4 -
A bird making a single call Locality Kumarakom, Kerala, India
(ssp paradisi)
Stuart Fisher 10 February 2006 2 years ago 3
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