Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradise

Description

A type of bird with a characteristic glossy black head and prominent crest. Males have two color phases. a. white top striped with black stem and pure white underside, black wings, or b. the top is reddish red, the bottom is grayish, while the female is reddish brown with a black head.

Population Size

-

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

22 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Muscicapidae

GENUS

:

Terpsiphone

SPECIES

:

Terpsiphone paradise

Distribution

In Java and Bali, this species is found in lowland forests below 800 meters above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : spread from Turkestan, India, China, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan).

Habits and Lifestyle

A rather shy bird and hard to see despite its loud voice. generally hunt from perches in the lower canopy, often in mixed-species herds.

Lifestyle

Arboreal, Flock

Biome

Lowland forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Sriwang birds are insectivores, which eat a variety of small insects including bees.

Diet : Insektivora

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.