Flycatcher, African Paradise

Roberts No: 710

Glossy dark crested head, tail with long streamers. Bright blue bill and eye-ring. Upperparts, wings and tail rufous, grayish underparts. Unobtrusive. Always on the move, flitting about. Hunts insects in flight. 18 cm tail in breeding season

Family Name:

Terpsiphone viridis

Common Name:

Flycatcher, African Paradise

Size:

17 to 20 cm

Status:

Intra-African migrant

Food:

arthropods, mainly insects.