Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher

Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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 family Monarchidae. It is found from southern Cameroon to eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Angola. ^[2] This species readily hybridizes with the genetically similar African paradise flycatcher. ^[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and shrub-dominated wetlands.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Terpsiphone rufocinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T103716188A112355853. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103716188A112355853.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Monarchs « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
3. McCarthy, Eugene M. (2006). Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN   0-19-804041-5.