Indian paradise flycatcher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Indian paradise flycatcher lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Terpsiphone paradisi
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	14 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Monarchidae

Where does the Indian paradise flycatcher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Indian paradise flycatcher in 14 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Indian paradise flycatcher endangered?

The Indian paradise flycatcher’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Indian paradise flycatcher?

The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Monarchidae, genus Terpsiphone. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Indian paradise flycatcher

The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family, Monarchidae. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, with resident and breeding populations in most of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, as well as parts of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Indian paradise flycatcher (revision 1371487201), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q568512 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).