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Showing posts with label BLACK HEADED PARADISE FLYCATCHER (FEMALE) (Terpsiphone rufiventer). Show all posts
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Sunday 8 May 2022

17-4-2022 MANDINA LODGE, GAMBIA - BLACK HEADED PARADISE FLYCATCHER (FEMALE) (Terpsiphone rufiventer)


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.