| Black paradise flycatcher | |
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| Male in Kyoto | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Terpsiphone |
| Species: | T. atrocaudata
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| Binomial name | |
| Terpsiphone atrocaudata (Eyton, 1839)
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The black paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird native to southeastern Asia. It is a glossy black, chestnut and white bird, slightly smaller than either the Amur paradise flycatcher or Blyth's paradise flycatcher, but similar in appearance. Males have exceptionally long tails. Females are generally duller in appearance and have shorter tails.
It is a migratory species, breeding in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the far north of the Philippines. Outside the breeding season it migrates to China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, other parts of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra, Indonesia.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Terpsiphone atrocaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707151A94108789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707151A94108789.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.