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Indian paradise flycatcher- Female

Terpsiphone paradisi

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Description:

Female are rufous on the back with a greyish throat and underparts. Their wings are 86–92 mm (3.4–3.6 in) long. Young males look very much like females but have a black throat and blue-ringed eyes. As adults they develop up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long tail feathers with two central tail feathers growing up to 30 cm (12 in) long drooping streamers.

Habitat:

Shrub forest inside IIM Trichy campus, Tamilnadu.

Reference Links:

Indian paradise flycatcher - Wikipedia

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