Paradise flycatcher

Paradise flycatchers
Male Réunion paradise flycatcher,
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis bourbonnensis
Song of the African paradise flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Gloger, 1827
Type species
Corvus paradisi[1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Callaeops
  • Muscipeta
  • Tchitrea
  • Xeocephalus
  • Xeocephus
  • Zeocephus

The paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone) are a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. The genus ranges across Africa and Asia, as well as a number of islands. A few species are migratory, but the majority are resident. The most telling characteristic of the genus is the long tail streamers of the males of many species. In addition to the long tails the males and females are sexually dimorphic and have rufous, black and white plumage.

  1. ^ "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.