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The Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia. Males have elongated central tail feathers, and in some populations a black and rufous plumage while others have white plumage. Females are short-tailed with rufous wings and a black head. They feed on insects, which they capture in the air often below a densely canopied tree.

(female. photo: Mirror_Lake)

With an extremely large range and a large population that appears to be stable, they have been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN since 2004.

In his first description of 1758, Carl von Linné nominated the species Corvus paradisi. Paradise-flycatchers used to be classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now placed in the family Monarchidae together with monarch flycatchers.

Elephant Hawkmoth, Deilephila elpenor, Lincolnshire, England