São Tomé paradise flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Terpsiphone |
Species: | T. atrochalybeia |
Binomial name | |
Terpsiphone atrochalybeia (Thomson, 1842) |
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The São Tomé paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrochalybeia) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. The species was described by Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson in 1842. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Alternate names include São Tomé black paradise-flycatcher and São Tomé flycatcher.