Blyth's paradise flycatcher

Blyth's paradise flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species:
T. affinis
Binomial name
Terpsiphone affinis
(Blyth, 1846)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Tchitrea affinis

Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis), also called the oriental paradise flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is native from southern China to Sumatra and Melanesia. Formerly, it was considered a subspecies of the Asian paradise flycatcher until elevated to species rank by the IOC in 2015.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Terpsiphone affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103716095A119718749. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103716095A119718749.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "IOC World Bird List 5.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.5.4.