Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) - HBW 11, p. 293

French: Tchitrec malgache German: Rotbrust-Paradiesschnäpper Spanish: Monarca-colilargo Malgache

Taxonomy: Muscicapa mutata Linnaeus, 1766, Madagascar.
Races hardly separable by plumage; review perhaps desirable. Race singetra often synonymized with nominate, but differs in plumage of white morph. Race comorensis often misspelt “comoroensis”, which is an incorrect subsequent spelling. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

singetra (Salomonsen, 1933) - N, W & S Madagascar.
mutata (Linnaeus, 1766) - High Plateau and E Madagascar.
comorensis A. Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885 - Grand Comoro (Njazidja), in W Comoro Is.

See all 6 subspecies

singetra (Salomonsen, 1933) - N, W & S Madagascar.
mutata (Linnaeus, 1766) - High Plateau and E Madagascar.
comorensis A. Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885 - Grand Comoro (Njazidja), in W Comoro Is.
voeltzkowiana Stresemann, 1924 - Mohéli (Mwali), in WC Comoros.
vulpina (E. Newton, 1877) - Anjouan (Ndzuani), in C Comoros.
pretiosa (Lesson, 1847) - Mayotte (Maore), in E Comoro Is.