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Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer(Swainson, WJ, 1837)

English (US) Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

The Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer) 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.

Scientific name
Terpsiphone rufiventer
Family
Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
Described by
(Swainson, WJ, 1837)
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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 11 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Muscipeta rufiventer
Described by
(Swainson, WJ, 1837)
Type locality
west coast of Africa; restricted to Senegal by Meise, 1968, Zool. Beitr., N. F., 14, p. 14.
Original description
The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 2 p.53

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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