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Birds

Asian
Paradise Flycatcher

Least Concern

Stable

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi

A graceful looking flycatcher, the adult male sport a long ribbonlike tail. The males occur in two color morphs cinnamon and white. Both color morphs sport a glossy black head with blue ring around the eye, but white morph is entirely white below.

Indian Paradise Flycatcher, Common Paradise Flycatcher

Regional Names
  • Assamese:
    বাৰীসুন্দৰী
  • Bengali:
    শাহ-বুলবুল
  • Gujarati:
    દુધરાજ, તરવરિયો
  • Hindi:
    सुलतान बुलबुल (नर), हुसैनी बुलबुल (मादा), दूधराज
  • Kannada:
    ರಾಜಹಕ್ಕಿ, ಬಾಲದಂಡೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ
  • Malayalam:
    നാകമോഹൻ
  • Marathi:
    शाही बुलबुल, पतंग पक्षी (कोकण भाग), पतंगा, बाणपाखरु, स्वर्गीय नर्तक, सुरंगी, नंदन
  • Sanskrit:
    रज्जुवाल, रज्जुदालाक
  • Tamil:
    அரசவால் ஈபிடிப்பான்
Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
MONARCHIDAE
Terpsiphone paradisi

Quick Facts
  • It is a state bird of Madhya Pradesh.
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