Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer)
About the Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
The red-bellied paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer), also known as the black-headed paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird of the family of monarch flycatchers. It is native to intra-tropical forests of Africa. The male bird is about 17 cm (7 in) long and has a black head, a mainly chestnut body, and a tail with streamers nearly twice as long as the body. The colouring is somewhat variable across the bird's range. Both females and juveniles lack the tail streamers and are a duller brown colour. It is closely related to the African paradise flycatcher, and the two can hybridise.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 52 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blyth's Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone affinisrecording
- Mascarene Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone bourbonnensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.