Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher

Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species: T. rufocinerea
Binomial name
Terpsiphone rufocinerea
Cabanis, 1875

The rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufocinerea) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. This species readily hybridizes with the genetically similar African paradise flycatcher.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and shrub-dominated wetlands.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Terpsiphone rufocinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. McCarthy, Eugene M. (2006). Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 0198040415.


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