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Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

Photo: (c) Gerard Chartier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Terpsiphone affinis

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Range

North-east India, Indochina, Sumatra and Borneo

Blyth's paradise flycatcher, also called the oriental paradise flycatcher, is a flycatcher with striking plumage, native to north-east India, Indochina, Sumatra and Borneo, and some populations migrate. The male is dimorphic, appearing in rufous and white forms that both share a dark head, a small triangular crest and a blue eye-ring. The breeding male has elongated central tail streamers nearly twice his body length (Wikipedia, general species account).

Females look like non-breeding rufous males, with a slightly less vibrant blue eye-ring and a paler head. The song is a ringing series of 'wiwiwiwiwi' notes, and the call is a nasal 'ji-jeh'. The source read gives no habitat, diet or breeding detail, and does not name Bhutan, so none is stated.

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Where is the Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher found?
North-east India, Indochina, Sumatra and Borneo
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