Blue Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone cyanescens(Sharpe, RB, 1877)
English (US) Blue Paradise Flycatcher
The Blue Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone cyanescens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southwestern Philippines (Calamian Group and Palawan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Terpsiphone cyanescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Paradise Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1877)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zeocephus cyanescens
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1877)
- Type locality
- Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ser.2, vol.1, pt.6 p.328 pl.48 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Pale-blue Monarch
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Black-naped Monarch
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Rufous Paradise Flycatcher
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Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher
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Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher
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Amur Paradise Flycatcher
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Black Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone atrocaudata
Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher
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Indian Paradise Flycatcher
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