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Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone batesi
Bates's Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Africa.
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) is a member of the Monarchidae family found in Africa. Adults weigh 15.4 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Monarchidae Monarchs
- Genus Terpsiphone
- Species batesi
Quick facts
- Weight
- 15.4 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of dense scrub and shrubland, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) belongs to the Monarchidae family of the order Passeriformes. It occurs naturally across Africa. Its distribution covers AF c, ec.
It is a small bird. Adults weighs around 15.4 g, with a wing length of about 7.5 cm and a tail of around 7.8 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 2.3 million km².
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher?
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher is a small bird that weighs around 15.4 g.
Where does the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher live?
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher is found across Africa with a range covering AF c, ec, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher belong to?
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) belongs to the Monarchidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher eat?
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher migrate?
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
How large is the Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher's range?
The Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher has a mapped global range of about 2.3 million km².
Conservation
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