Asian Paradise Flycatcher Male
Females are short tailed with rufous wings and a black head.
Asian paradise flycatcher male. Their wings are between 3 4 3 6 inches 86 92 mm long. Lakshmi ravishankar 94 786 views. The most telling characteristic of the genus is the long tail streamers of the males of many species.
The malagasy paradise flycatcher is a medium sized passerine measuring 18 cm 7 1 in in length and weighing between 12 1 and 12 3 g 0 43 and 0 43 oz. The females are much like the sub adult males or rufous morphs but the throat is greyish and. In 2015 the asian paradise flycatcher was split into the following three species.
Males have long tail plumes which can add as much as 18 cm 7 1 in to their overall length. It is forest living bird species that is widely distributed in asia. It has a glossy black crown and crest blue eye ring and a long narrow rounded tail.
Indian paradise flycatcher terpsiphone paradisi blyth s paradise flycatcher terpsiphone affinis amur paradise flycatcher terpsiphone incei. Rajkumar arumugam 38 505 views. Asian paradise flycatcher male นกแซวสวรรค duration.
The adult asian paradise flycatcher measures about 7 5 8 7 inches 19 22 cm in length not including the long tail which can grow to 9 4 inches 24 cm in length and the male s two central elongated tail streamers up to 12 inches 30 cm. The asian paradise flycatcher terpsiphone paradisi is a common but unevenly distributed. In addition to the long tails the males and females are sexually dimorphic and have rufous black and white plumage.
The female is largely rufous orange with a black head and nape. The body and wings are white with very long central pair of tail feathers which form streamers that droop. This page is an index of articles on.