African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis - Tchitrec d'Afrique

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Monarchidés
Genus
:
Terpsiphone
Species
:
viridis

Descriptor

Müller, PLS, 1776

Biometrics

Size
: 18 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

Terpsiphone viridis viridis (Senegal and Gambia to Sierra Leone)
Terpsiphone viridis harterti (s Arabian Pen.)
Terpsiphone viridis speciosa (s Cameroon to sw Sudan, DRCongo and ne Angola)
Terpsiphone viridis ferreti (Mali and the Ivory Coast to Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania)
Terpsiphone viridis restricta (s Uganda)
Terpsiphone viridis kivuensis (sw Uganda to e DRCongo and nw Tanzania)
Terpsiphone viridis suahelica (w Kenya and n Tanzania)
Terpsiphone viridis ungujaensis (e Tanzania and nearby islands)
Terpsiphone viridis plumbeiceps (Angola to sw Tanzania, Mozambique and n South Africa)
Terpsiphone viridis granti (e and s South Africa)

Foreign names

Tchitrec d'Afrique,
Monarca africano,
papa-moscas-do-paraíso-africano,
Graubrust-Paradiesschnäpper,
feketebegyű paradicsom-légyvadász,
Afrikaanse Paradijsmonarch,
Pigliamosche del paradiso africano,
afrikansk paradismonark,
Strimmelparadismonark,
vípkar nádherný,
lejskovec africký,
Afrikansk Paradismonark,
afrikanparatiisimonarkki,
Paradysvlieëvanger,
monarca del paradís africà,
muchodławka wspaniała,
Āfrikas paradīzes mušķērājs,
Африканская райская мухоловка,
アフリカサンコウチョウ,
非洲寿带,
afrikansk paradismonark,
非洲綬帶,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens