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The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) belongs to the family Monarchidae under the order Passeriformes.
Indian paradise flycatcher taxonomy
The family Monarchidae comprises about 100 monarch passerine birds. The family Monarchidae was first described by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), a French biologist and ornithologist, in the year 1854.The family Monarchidae comprise two subfamilies, Terpsiphoninae (four genera) and Monarchinae (12 genera). The subfamily Terpsiphoninae comprises four genera, viz., Hypothymis, Eutrichomyias, Trochocercus and Terpsiphone.
The genus Terpsiphone was first described by Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (17 September – 30 December 1863), a German zoologist and ornithologist, in the year 1827.
The genus Terpsiphone comprises sixteen species, including Terpsiphone paradisi. The species Terpsiphone paradisi was first described (as Corvus paradisi) by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Terpsiphone paradisi |
| Species: | T. paradisi |
| Genus: | Terpsiphone |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi 262 Image by soumyajit nandy |
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| 2.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by Steve Garvie |
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| 3.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by N A Nazeer |
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| 4.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by Rehman Abubakr |
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| 5.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by Koshy Koshy |
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| 6.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by J.M.Garg |
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| 7.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by Thimindu Goonatillake |
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| 8.Indian paradise flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Image by ALOK KUMAR MEHER |
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| 9.Terpsiphone paradisi Image by AshishTripurwar |
1.Indian paradise flycatcher image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snandy_81/15099910331/ (cropped)
Author: soumyajit nandy | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/25/18
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terpsiphone_paradisi_-near_Amaya_Lake,_Dambulla,_Sri_Lanka-8.jpg (cropped)
Author: Steve Garvie | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 4/25/18
3.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: N A Nazeer | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 IN as on 4/25/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Rehman Abubakr | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/25/18
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terpsiphone_paradisi_-Nandi_Hills,_Karnataka,_India_-male-8.jpg (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/25/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 4/25/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/51327488@N00/5319925307 (cropped)
Author: Thimindu Goonatillake | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/25/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: ALOK KUMAR MEHER | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/25/18
9.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: AshishTripurwar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/25/18
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