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 Murchison Falls National Park
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Orange Bishop
Euplectes franciscanus
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Cichladusa guttata
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis
📅 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 Murchison Falls National Park?
About 21% of visitor-days record a African Paradise-Flycatcher sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 203 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Paradise-Flycatcher in Murchison Falls National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for African Paradise-Flycatcher in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.