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[[Image:African_Paradise_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|rudydbn|rudydbn}}<br/>Location: Durban Botanical Gardens, [[South Africa]]]]
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[[Image:African_Paradise_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Rufous Morph<br />Photo by {{user|rudydbn|rudydbn}}<br />Durban Botanical Gardens, [[South Africa]], September 2004]]
 
;[[:Category:Terpsiphone|Terpsiphone]] viridis
 
;[[:Category:Terpsiphone|Terpsiphone]] viridis
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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17cm with 17cm long tail streamers. ''' Male''' - black head, neck and underparts, chestnut wings and tail, white wingbar. '''Female''' - browner tint to the underparts, no wingbar and no tail streamers. Young birds are similar to the female but duller.
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17cm with 17cm long tail streamers. <br />
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''' Male''' - black head, neck and underparts, chestnut wings and tail, white wingbar. <br />
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The male African Paradise Flycatcher comes in two distinct forms a rufous morph (pictured above) and a white morph. They may even change colour from rufous to white and can sometimes be seen part way through the change with a mixture of white and rufous feathers. The dark head and blue eye are common to both forms. The female always retains the rufous colouring.
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'''Female''' - browner tint to the underparts, no wingbar and no tail streamers.<br />
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'''Young birds''' are similar to the female but duller.
  
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The male African Paradise Flycatcher comes in two distinct forms a rufous morph and a white morph. They may even change colour from rufous to white and can sometimes be seen part way through the change with a mixture of white and rufous feathers. The dark head and blue eye are common to both forms. The female always retains the rufous colouring.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Africa]] south of the Sahara Desert.  
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Widespread throughout [[Africa]] (south of the Sahara Desert) and the [[Middle East]] <br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], The [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
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'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]]<br />
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'''Middle East''': [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]]
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[[Image:4381African-Paradise-Fly-close-.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Mandina Lodges, Makasutu, The [[Gambia]], March 2005]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Several subspecies.
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Several subspecies.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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*''T. v. viridis'':
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:*[[Senegal]] and [[Gambia]] to [[Sierra Leone]]
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*''T. v. speciosa'':
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:*Southern [[Cameroon]] to eastern [[Zaire]], southern [[Sudan]] and [[Gabon]]
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*''T. v. ferreti'':
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:*[[Mali]] and [[Ivory Coast]] to north-eastern [[Zaire]], [[Sudan]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]
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*''T. v. restricta'':
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:*Lake Victoria region of western [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]
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*''T. v. kivuensis'':
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:*South-western [[Uganda]] to eastern [[Zaire]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]] and north-western [[Tanzania]]
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*''T. v. suahelica'':
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:*Highlands of western [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]
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*''T. v. ungujaensis'':
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:*Eastern [[Tanzania]] to [[Zambia]]; [[Zanzibar]], Pemba Island and Mafia Island
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*''T. v. plumbeiceps'':
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:*Southern [[Angola]] to western [[Zaire]], south-western [[Tanzania]] and north-eastern [[South Africa]]
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*''T. v. granti'':
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:*[[Natal]] to south-western Cape Province; winters to southern [[Tanzania]]
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*''T. v. harterti'':
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:*Southern [[Arabian peninsula]]
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[[Image:African Paradise Flycatcher white morph male.jpg|thumb|350px|right|White Morph, young male <br />Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Arabuko-Sokoke forest, coastal [[Kenya]], August 2007]]
 
==Habitat==   
 
==Habitat==   
 
Evergreen, coastal and riverine forests.
 
Evergreen, coastal and riverine forests.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
 
2-3 eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree.
 
2-3 eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree.
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects.
 
The diet includes insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Terpsiphone_viridis}}   
 
{{GSearch|Terpsiphone_viridis}}   
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Terpsiphone]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Terpsiphone]]

Revision as of 22:31, 7 June 2009

Rufous Morph
Photo by rudydbn
Durban Botanical Gardens, South Africa, September 2004
Terpsiphone viridis

Identification

17cm with 17cm long tail streamers.
Male - black head, neck and underparts, chestnut wings and tail, white wingbar.
Female - browner tint to the underparts, no wingbar and no tail streamers.
Young birds are similar to the female but duller.

The male African Paradise Flycatcher comes in two distinct forms a rufous morph and a white morph. They may even change colour from rufous to white and can sometimes be seen part way through the change with a mixture of white and rufous feathers. The dark head and blue eye are common to both forms. The female always retains the rufous colouring.

Distribution

Widespread throughout Africa (south of the Sahara Desert) and the Middle East
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland
Middle East: Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

Female
Photo by Steve G
Mandina Lodges, Makasutu, The Gambia, March 2005

Taxonomy

Several subspecies.[1]

  • T. v. viridis:
  • T. v. speciosa:
  • T. v. ferreti:
  • T. v. restricta:
  • T. v. kivuensis:
  • T. v. suahelica:
  • T. v. ungujaensis:
  • T. v. plumbeiceps:
  • T. v. granti:
  • Natal to south-western Cape Province; winters to southern Tanzania
  • T. v. harterti:
White Morph, young male
Photo by Steve G
Arabuko-Sokoke forest, coastal Kenya, August 2007

Habitat

Evergreen, coastal and riverine forests.

Behaviour

Breeding

2-3 eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree.

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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