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Blue Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone cyanescens
Family
Monarch Flycatchers
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
blpfly1, BPFL, BLPF
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMonarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae)
SpeciesTerpsiphone cyanescens
Codesblpfly1, BPFL, BLPF
Identification

The Blue Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone cyanescens) is a member of the Monarch Flycatchers family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code blpfly1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Monarch Flycatchers
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
Trochocercus nitens
African Crested Flycatcher
Trochocercus cyanomelas
Short-crested Monarch
Hypothymis helenae
Black-naped Monarch
Hypothymis azurea
Pale-blue Monarch
Hypothymis puella
Celestial Monarch
Hypothymis coelestis
Blue Paradise-Flycatcher photo
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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Terpsiphone cyanescens

Family: Monarch Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: blpfly1