Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi
- legendary
- 75 km/h
- Least Concern
Two ribbons of white trailing through the shade of a mango grove, longer than the bird that carries them. The white morph is the bridal version of a flycatcher that should not exist.
- Population
- widespread breeder across South and Central Asia; partial migrant
- Habitat
- open woodland, mango groves, riverine forest, well-wooded gardens
- Diet
- flying insects taken on the wing
- Size
- 0.2 m
- Wingspan
- 0.27 m
