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The red-bellied paradise flycatcher (''Terpsiphone rufiventer''), also known as the black-headed paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird. However, the red-bellied paradise flycatcher is a common resident breeder in tropical western Africa south of the Sahara Desert. This species is usually found in thick forests and other well-wooded habitats. Two eggs are laid in a tiny cup nest in a tree. The adult male of this species is about 17 cm long, but the long tail streamers nearly double the birds length. It has a black head, and the rest of the plumage is chestnut, other than a prominent black wingbar. The female is duller and lacks the tail streamers. Young birds are plain brown. The males show considerable variation in plumage in some areas. There is a morph of this species in which the male has the chestnut parts of the plumage replaced by white, and some races have black tail streamers. The red-bellied paradise flycatcher is a noisy bird with a sharp ''zweet''call. It has short legs and sits very upright whilst perched prominently, like a shrike. It is insectivorous, often hunting by flycatching. The black-bellied African paradise flycatcher, ''Terpsiphone viridis'', is closely related to this species, and hybrids occur with the underparts a mixture of black and red. ==References== * ''Birds of The Gambia'' by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, ISBN 1-873403-32-1 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red-bellied paradise flycatcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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