Terpsiphone paradisi

Species: Terpsiphone paradisi

English Name: Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Chinese Name: 壽帶

Family: Monarquinae

Description:

Large (20-48 cm), long-tailed bird. The plumage is rufous-brown on the mantle, wings and tail, dark on the head and whitish-grey below. On the summer, males have elongated central tail feathers. In Macao occasionally occur the white morph (white plumage, with black hood, breast and wings tips).

© 2011 Swati Sani

© 2011 Swati Sani

© 2009 Steve Garvie

© 2009 Steve Garvie

© 2011 Swati Sani

© 2011 Swati Sani

© 2010 Srihari Kulkarni

© 2010 Srihari Kulkarni

© 2010 Thimindu Goonatillake

© 2010 Thimindu Goonatillake

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References:

– Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Institute for Endangered Animals. (2010). Birds of Macao. Macao, SAR: Author.