Biology:Bedford's paradise flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Bedford's paradise flycatcher
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species:
T. bedfordi
Binomial name
Terpsiphone bedfordi
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tchitrea bedfordi
  • Trochocercus bedfordi

Bedford's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone bedfordi) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy and systematics

Bedford's paradise flycatcher was originally described in the genus Trochocercus. Alternate names include the Duke of Bedford flycatcher and red-bellied paradise-flycatcher, the latter not to be confused with the species of the same name, Terpsiphone rufiventer.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2022). "Terpsiphone bedfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T22707096A211539656. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22707096/211539656. Retrieved 29 July 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1923036 entry