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Location: Jeju island, Korea

Alternative name: Black Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone atrocaudata

[edit] Identification

Black hood, off white underparts, mantle, back, wings and rump are plain dark chestnut. The tail has extremely long black central feathers. The female resembles the male but is duller and darker brown on the chestnut areas. It has black legs and feet, a large black eye with a blue eye-ring, and a short blue bill.

[edit] Distribution

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are three subspecies, the nominate T. a. atrocaudata which breeds through most of Japanese/Korean range, T. a. illex which is resident in the Ryukyu Islands, and T. a. periophthalmica restricted to Lanyu Island off southeast Taiwan.

[edit] Habitat

Deciduous and evergreen forests

[edit] Behaviour

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