Oriental paradise flycatcher

Oriental paradise flycatcher
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Terpsiphone
Species:	T. affinis
Binomial name
Terpsiphone affinis (Blyth, 1846)
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Blyth's paradise flycatcher

The Oriental paradise flycatcher, also called the Blyth's paradise flycatcher, (Terpsiphone affinis) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found from southern China to Sumatra and Melanesia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Asian paradise flycatcher until elevated to species rank by the IOC in 2015.^[1]

Subspecies

Ten subspecies are recognized:^[2]

• T. a. saturatior - (Salomonsen, 1933): Breeds in the eastern parts of Nepal and northeastern India, in eastern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar; populations occurring in Malaysia migrate northward for breeding.^[3] This ssp was formerly assigned to T. paradisi.
• T. a. nicobarica - Oates, 1890: Found on Nicobar Islands
• T. a. burmae - (Salomonsen, 1933): Found in central Myanmar
• T. a. indochinensis - (Salomonsen, 1933): Found in eastern Myanmar and southern China to Indochina
• T. a. affinis - (Blyth, 1846): Found on Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
• T. a. procera - (Richmond, 1903): Found on Simeulue (off north-western Sumatra)
• T. a. insularis - Salvadori, 1887: Found on Nias (off north-western Sumatra)
• T. a. borneensis - (Hartert, 1916): Found on Borneo
• T. a. sumbaensis - Meyer, AB, 1894: Found on Sumba (southern Lesser Sundas)
• T. a. floris - Büttikofer, 1894: Found on Sumbawa, Alor, Lembata and Flores (central Lesser Sundas)

References

1. "IOC World Bird List 5.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.5.4.
2. "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
3. Rasmussen, P.C; Anderton, J.C. (2005). Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Vol.2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. pp. 332–333.