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| Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Adult male |
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| Photographer : | © Rohan Kamath |
| Location : | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Date : |
13 March 2011 |
| English synonyms: | Asiatic Paradise-flycatcher, Common Paradise-flycatcher, Paradise-flycatcher, Indian Paradise-flycatcher (paradisi, ceylonensis, leucogaster), Ceylon Paradise-flycatcher (ceylonensis), Blyth's Paradise-flycatcher (affinis), Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher (affinis), Nusa Tenggara Paradise-flycatcher (floris, sumbaensis), Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher (floris, sumbaensis), Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (affinis, saturatior, nicobarica, burmae, indochinensis, procera, insularis, borneensis) |
| Bird Family : | Monarchidae - Monarchs, Paradise-flycatchers & Magpie-lark |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | There were about 10-12 of them at one spot last morning. All the males (adults and juveniles) were busy with displays and battling each other while the females watched. This whole saga lasted for a couple of hours before the sun came up. The were joined on and off by a pair of Black-naped Monarch, a Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, a few Red-throated Flycatchers, some White-throated Fantails, a couple of Indian Scimitar Babblers busy in courtship (again lasted bout 2 hours), some Yellow-eyed Babblers, a Eurasian Blackbird, Small Minivets and the remaining usuals like prinias, bulbuls, robins, etc. To top it all, a young Crested Hawk Eagle was busy carrying nesting material around while an adult bird was out scanning for a meal. All in all it was a really fun morning. - RK |
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