Amur paradise flycatcher

The Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei) is a bird species in the family Monarchidae. It is native to China and Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East. It is a winter migrant to Southeast Asia. Until 2015, it was considered as a subspecies of the Asian paradise flycatcher.^[2]

Amur 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. incei
Binomial name
Terpsiphone incei (Gould, 1852)
Synonyms
Muscipeta Incei (protonym) Terpsiphone paradisi incei

Description

Males can come in two forms differing in the colour of their upperparts. Otherwise, all adult males have black hoods, white underparts, small crests, and blue eye rings. While breeding, the males can have tails twice the length of the body.^[3]