Asian Paradise Flycatcher White Morph
The breeding male has a tail streamer longer than the body a black head and crest blue eye rings.
Asian paradise flycatcher white morph. A white morph male indian paradise flycatcher incubating on the nest the paradise flycatchers have the widest distribution of any of the monarch flycatchers ranging across sub saharan africa the indian subcontinent southeast asia and east asia. They are insectivorous and hunt in flight in the understorey. Asian paradise flycatcher terpsiphone paradisi ex rb c wvpm forests the asian paradise flycatcher was split into amur incei blyth s affinis and indian paradisi paradise flycatchers.
Those with no choice will have to be contended with the short tail rufous paradise flycatcher. Asian paradise flycatchers are noisy birds uttering sharp skreek calls but are quiet bird in migratory mode. A graceful looking flycatcher the adult male sport a long ribbonlike tail.
Those female who matured earlier will have the first choice of choosing the more matured male the white morph. The males occur in two color morphs cinnamon and white. It is native to the indian subcontinent central asia and myanmar.
They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched prominently like a shrike. Males have elongated central tail feathers and a black and rufous plumage in. The asian paradise flycatcher is monogamous and it is the female who do the choosing its partner.
Image of face horizontal asian 93427385. 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. Their wings are between 3 4 3 6 inches 86 92 mm long.
The male has two forms. Their legs are relatively short and they tend to sit very upright when perched. As the global population is considered stable it has been listed as least concern on the iucn red list since 2004.