Adult male © Tadeusz Rosinski eBird S64954197 Macaulay Library ML 204470481
Adult male © James Kennerley
Female © Tommy Pedersen
Adult male © Maurizio Ravasini
Female © Niall D Perrins
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Male © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Male © Christoph Moning

African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis

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Identification

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This remarkable flycatcher occurs in both rufous and white morphs, but it always has grayish underparts and a strong crest. The breeding male has ludicrous central tail feathers, twenty centimeters long, that trail like the ribbon of a rhythmic gymnast, while the female lacks the tail streamers and has a smaller crest. Singles and pairs occasionally join flocks in open woodland, riverine forest, and thickets, avoiding lowland evergreen forest. Very vocal, often giving a repeated grating “dzee-zwee” call and a sweet melodic “willie-willie-willie-wee-wooo” song. The very similar Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher differs from African Paradise-Flycatcher by having a rufous undertail and a shorter crest.

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