Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMonarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers)
- GenusTerpsiphone (Paradise-Flycatchers)
- SpeciesTerpsiphone paradisi (Indian Paradise-Flycatcher)
The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family, Monarchidae. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, with resident and breeding populations in most of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, as well as parts of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The Indian paradise flycatcher has a length of 20–50 cm (7.9–19.7 in) from beak to tail. Males have elongated central tail feathers, and a black and rufous plumage in some populations, while others have white plumage. Females are short-tailed with rufous wings and a black head. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Hemis National Park
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
White-winged Redstart
Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca
Black-throated Thrush
Turdus atrogularis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Indian Paradise-Flycatcher at Hemis National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there