Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi
- legendaris
- 75 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Two ribbons of white trailing through the shade of a mango grove, longer than the bird that carries them. The white morph is the bridal version of a flycatcher that should not exist.
- Populasi
- No numeric global figure published; population size has not been quantified and the species is generally common throughout its range with a suspected stable trend
- Habitat
- Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest (primary habitat), mangroves, temperate forest, plantations, arable land, and degraded former forest, from sea level to about 2,400 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Breeding males grow a pair of central tail feathers up to 30 cm long that trail behind them as white or rufous streamers, taking total beak-to-tail length from a ~19-22 cm body up to roughly 20-50 cm depending on individual — nearly tripling the bird's effective length.
- Sebaran
- Extremely large range (~6.52 million km² breeding/resident); breeds from the western Tien Shan through northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, and northern India to Bangladesh and Myanmar, with populations also in Bhutan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and parts of southern China; winters across peninsular India, Sri Lanka, and tropical Asia as a full migrant
- Makanan
- Insectivorous — hawks flying insects such as grasshoppers, butterflies, praying mantises, and flies on the wing, often striking larger prey against a branch before eating it
- Ukuran
- 0,205 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,27 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,5 tahun
