| Red-bellied paradise flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Terpsiphone |
| Species: | T. rufiventer
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| Binomial name | |
| Terpsiphone rufiventer (Swainson, 1837)
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The red-bellied paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer), also known as the black-headed paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird of the family of monarch flycatchers. It is native to intra-tropical forests of Africa. The male bird is about 17 cm (7 in) long and has a black head, a mainly chestnut body, and a tail with streamers nearly twice as long as the body. The colouring is somewhat variable across the bird's range. Both females and juveniles lack the tail streamers and are a duller brown colour. It is closely related to the African paradise flycatcher, and the two can hybridise.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Terpsiphone rufiventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22731073A118765669. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22731073A118765669.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.