Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone batesi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyMonarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers)
- GenusTerpsiphone (Paradise-Flycatchers)
- SpeciesTerpsiphone batesi (Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher)
About the Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher
Bates's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) is a passerine bird belonging to the monarch-flycatcher family, Monarchidae. The sexes are similar in appearance with the upper parts being rufous and the head and underparts being bluish-grey. It is native to central Africa where it is found in the understorey of forests.
Its name commemorates the American ornithologist George Latimer Bates. Bates's paradise flycatcher was formerly considered as a subspecies of the rufous-vented paradise flycatcher but is now recognized as a separate species. An alternate name is the Cameroon rufous-vented paradise-flycatcher.
There are two subspecies recognized: T. b. batesi – Chapin, 1921: Found from southern Cameroon and Gabon to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Bannerman's paradise-flycatcher (T. b. bannermani) – Chapin, 1948: Formerly considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found in Congo, southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola
Bates's paradise flycatcher is usually 18 centimetres long but males in parts of Cameroon and Angola have elongated central tail-feathers making them 23-28 centimetres... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Crested-Flycatcher
Trochocercus cyanomelas
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Green White-eye
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
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
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
More parks will be added in future updates.