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title: "Afrikaanse paradijsmonarch"
description: "Terpsiphone viridis — Vogels. The African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a medium-sized passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/african-paradise-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Afrikaanse paradijsmonarch

> Terpsiphone viridis — Vogels. The African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a medium-sized passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Terpsiphone viridis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 4546
- Wikidata: [Q541440](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541440)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8354)

## Names

- en: African Paradise-Flycatcher
- de: Graubrustparadiesschnäpper
- es: Monarca Colilargo Africano
- fr: Tchitrec d'Afrique
- nl: Afrikaanse paradijsmonarch
- pt: Papa-moscas-do-paraíso-africano
- pl: Muchodławka wspaniała

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1987), KE (508), TZ (311), ET (171), NA (124), ZW (112), ZM (105), UG (97), RW (96), OM (82), BW (80), MW (60)

## Summary

The African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a medium-sized passerine bird. The two central tail feathers of the male are extended into streamers that commonly are more than twice as long as the body. The female tail feathers are of moderate length and without streamers. The upper parts of the male body, wings, and tail are boldly coloured in chestnut or rusty shades, but the underparts and the head are variably grey to blue-gray, with the head of the mature male being darker, commonly glossy black with greenish highlights. The beak and other bare areas, including a wattle ring round the eye, match the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_paradise_flycatcher

## Photo

![Afrikaanse paradijsmonarch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-paradise-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179974858

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-paradise-flycatcher?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).