Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has dark head and blue eye-ring
2. Male has a small crest on the head
3. Breeding male has very long central tail feathers

Male, female and young

Male has 2 color morphs, rufous and white; female resembles the rufous male in the non-breeding season, but usually has a duller blue eye-ring and a slightly paler head.

Voice

The song is a clear series of “wiwiwiwiwiwiwi”; the call is nasal, like “ji-jeh”.

Where and when it's recorded

Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher has been recorded at 327 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 13 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest LodgeMalaysia739 records
2. Danum Valley Field CentreMalaysia375 records
3. Khao Pra – Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary / Khao Nor Chu ChiThailand271 records

Countries and regions with the most records

MalaysiaThailandSingaporeCambodiaVietnamIndiaChinaBangladesh

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis), also called the oriental paradise flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. This species occupies evergreen broadleaf forests and forest edges, including secondary growth, gardens, and plantations, typically in lowland and foothill regions. Some populations undertake migratory movements.

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