Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher

The rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufocinerea) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found from southern Cameroon to eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Angola.[2] This species readily hybridizes with the genetically similar African paradise flycatcher.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and shrub-dominated wetlands.

Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species:
T. rufocinerea
Binomial name
Terpsiphone rufocinerea
Cabanis, 1875

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Terpsiphone rufocinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103716188A112355853. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "Monarchs « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  3. McCarthy, Eugene M. (2006). Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 0198040415.


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