It is a non-breeding visitor to mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra, Indonesia.

Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Japanese Paradise-flycatcher. The Japanese Paradise-flycatcher is mainly migratory and breeds in shady mature deciduous or evergreen broadleaf forest of Japan , South Korea, Taiwan and the far north Philippines. Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha Fairy Pitta, Microforest 4 ( 30.953225, 121.959083 ), Cape Nanhui, 4 Sept. Japanese Paradise Flycatcher is the more common of the two paradise flycatchers in Shanghai. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). It does however also occur in Taiwan , where the population is apparently resident. Scientific Name: Terpsiphone affinis Alternative Name: Oriental Paradise Flycatcher Malay Name: Murai-Gading Biasa Chinese Name: 中南寿带 Range: Found from Southern China, mainland Southeast Asia to the Indonesian archipelago. Malay Name:Murai-Gading Jepun. It was previously classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but the paradise-flycatchers, monarch flycatchers and Australasian fantails are now normally grouped with the drongos in the family Dicruridae, which has most of its … Fairy Pitta, Microforest 4 (30.953225, 121.959083), Cape Nanhui, 4 Sept. Strelitzia (Bird-of-paradise flower) may be the first to come up to our mind when thinking of an exotic flower commonly seen in flower shops in Japan. The photo above shows the differences in upperpart coloration between rufous-morph Amur Paradise Flycatcher and Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. サンコウチョウ 学名・Terpsiphone atrocaudata 英名・Japanese Paradise Flycatcher サンコウチョウの雌． 一瞬の出合い． 決して，雄の方がよかったとはいいません． サンコウチョウ 雌 撮影日時 2020.06.05 撮影 Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata) bird sounds free on dibird.com. A graceful looking flycatcher, the adult male sport a long ribbonlike tail. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.japfly1.01. The Japanese paradise flycatcher is almost entirely migratory, breeding in Korea and Japan and wintering in the Philippines, Malaysia and Sumatra. Japanese Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata Check out the full taxonomy and distribution of Japanese Paradise-flycatcher on HBW Alive. HBW Alive contains information on Descriptive notes , Voice , Habitat , Food and Feeding , Breeding , Movements , Status and Conservation plus a list of bibliographical references for this species account. Scientific Name:Terpsiphone atrocaudata. Both color morphs sport a glossy black head with blue ring around the eye, but white morph is entirely white below while the cinnamon morph has cinnamon upperparts and tail, and dirty white underparts. Photo: HIH Princess Takamado. Breeding in Eurasia: e, also Philippines; can be seen in 15 countries. Compare with female and non-breeding male Amur and Blyth’s paradise-flycatchers, with which Japanese overlaps on its Southeast Asian wintering grounds. The Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also called the black paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird.It was previously classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but the paradise-flycatchers, monarch flycatchers and Australasian fantails are now normally grouped with the drongos in the family Dicruridae, which has most of its … The photo above shows the differences in upperpart coloration between rufous-morph Amur Paradise Flycatcher and Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. Female and non-breeding male have dark gray head and chest, paler eyering, shorter crest, and chestnut-brown wings and tail, without streamers. Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), version 1.0. Japanese Paradise Flycatcher, Black Paradise-flycatcher, Black Paradise Flycatcher, Ryukyu Paradise-flycatcher (illex), Lanyu Paradise-flycatcher (periopthalmica) Bird Family : Monarchidae - Monarchs, Paradise-flycatchers & Magpie-lark: Bird Group : PASSERIFORMES: Red Data Status : Near Threatened: Remarks : Taxonomic Notes : The Japanese paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone atrocaudata ), also called the black paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. Chinese Name:紫寿带 (zǐ shòu dài) Range: Found from Japan, Korea, Taiwan to Northern Philippines, wintering to China, Hong Kong mainland South-east Asia, Sumatra and Philippines. The males occur in two color morphs cinnamon and white. Strelitzia species range mainly in South Africa and bear colorful flowers.