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title: "Muchodławka rajska"
description: "Terpsiphone paradisi — Ptaki. The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family, Monarchidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/indian-paradise-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Muchodławka rajska

> Terpsiphone paradisi — Ptaki. The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family, Monarchidae.

- Scientific name: *Terpsiphone paradisi*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4787
- Wikidata: [Q568512](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568512)
- iNaturalist taxon: [549464](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/549464)

## Names

- en: Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
- de: Hainparadiesschnäpper
- es: Monarca Colilargo Asiático
- fr: Tchitrec de paradis
- nl: Indiase paradijsmonarch
- pt: Monarca-asiático
- pl: Muchodławka rajska

## Countries with the most observations

IN (3493), LK (655), NP (48), BD (38), PK (38), UZ (26), KZ (23), SG (20), TH (17), MM (5), IR (4), TJ (3)

## Summary

The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family, Monarchidae. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, with resident and breeding populations in most of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, as well as parts of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The Indian paradise flycatcher has a length of 20–50 cm (7.9–19.7 in) from beak to tail. Males have elongated central tail feathers, and a black…

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

## Photo

![Muchodławka rajska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indian-paradise-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: savija · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102224382

## Machine access

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