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Alternative name: Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher

Photo by Steve G
Location: Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia, West Africa

Terpsiphone rufiventer

Includes Annobon Paradise-Flycatcher

[edit] Identification

17cm. Long tail streamers nearly double the birds length
Male - black head, chestnut plumage, black wingbar
Female - duller and lacks the tail streamers
Juveniles - plain brown.

[edit] Distribution

Photo by Sidor
Female, Gambia

West and central Africa, south of the Sahara.

[edit] Taxonomy

Several subspecies.
Smithii from Annabon, an island in the Gulf of Guinea, is sometimes split as full species, Annobon Paradise-Flycatcher.

[edit] Habitat

Thick forests and other well-wooded habitats.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Two eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: a sharp zweet.

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