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Oriental paradise flycatcher

Blyth's paradise flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species: T. affinis
Binomial name
Terpsiphone affinis
(Blyth, 1846)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Tchitrea affinis

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Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis) also called the oriental paradise flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found from southern China to Sumatra and Melanesia. Formerly, it was considered a subspecies of the Asian paradise flycatcher until elevated to species rank by the IOC in 2015.

Ten subspecies are recognized:



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