No.418 Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata

L=44.5cm  17.5cm

Rank : 3
Summer Visitor
A highly polular long-tailed flycatcher with itsunique three-syllable chitter followed by fast, whistling hoy-hoy-hoy. Theobject of our summer bird research, the speciesf observation number issmaller than that of Black-and-white Flycatcher and Narcissus Flycatcher.This may be because of its habitat in darkish woods. The first sighting ofthe species in Asakawa River basin every year is usually the beginning ofMay, somewhat later than Blue-and-white Flycatcher.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Adult)

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Adult)