African Paradise Flycatcher

The African Paradise Flycatcher is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. This species is usually found in open forests and savannah habitats. Two or three eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree.

The African Paradise Flycatcher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

assumed it would be an African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis - which should show pale undertail-coverts - but it looks far more like Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher T. rufocinerea: however, as far as I can find out this would represent quite a large northerly range extension for this Central African endemic. The bird also looks very like a similarly plumaged Terpsiphone I photographed in December 2004 in the same gardens , and which again I have not been able to identify with any certainty”. More

African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 1; Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata m and f; Common Fiscal Lanius collaris 2; Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 2; Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 2, in city; Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 4; Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus +; Montane White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus 4; Kenyan Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus 3; Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht 10+; Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens 1; Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 4; Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus 4; Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina 2; Yellow-bellied Waxbill More

The African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a medium-sized passerine bird. The African Paradise Flycatcher is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. This species is usually found in open forests and savannah habitats. Two or three eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree. In a tree The adult male African Paradise Flycatcher is about 17cm long, but the very long tail streamers double this. More

The African Paradise Flycatcher is a widespread and common bird which can be found in many wooded areas and in gardens. In typical monarch flycatcher manner it is constantly on the move. The male bird has the spectacular long plumed tail streamers which can be either white or rufous brown - I only managed to photograph white morph males. More

The African paradise flycatcher has white and rufous color morphs plus variations in between. All of our images are of rufous morphs. Click image above to see multiple images of birds in breeding plumage. To see a Macaulay Library video of a male white morph, click here. More

african paradise flycatcher kruger national park birds The African Paradise-Flycatcher (Latin name Terpsiphone viridis) is described in Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, 7th Edition. This bird has a unique Roberts number of 710 and you will find a full description of this bird on page 686 also a picture of the African Paradise-Flycatcher on page 720. The African Paradise-Flycatcher belongs to the family of birds classified as Monarchidae. More