African Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMonarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers)
- GenusTerpsiphone (Paradise-Flycatchers)
- SpeciesTerpsiphone viridis (African Paradise-Flycatcher)
Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Cichladusa guttata
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Black Bishop
Euplectes gierowii
Northern Fiscal
Lanius humeralis
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a African Paradise-Flycatcher in Lake Manyara National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a African Paradise-Flycatcher sighting in Lake Manyara National Park, based on 40 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Paradise-Flycatcher in Lake Manyara National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for African Paradise-Flycatcher in Lake Manyara National Park in our monthly data.