Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior] (Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior])

Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior]

Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior] (= Terpsiphone affinis affinis) (Blyth, E 1846)

Blyth's paradise flycatcher, also called the oriental paradise flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is native from southern China to Sumatra and Melanesia. Formerly, it was considered a subspecies of the Asian paradise flycatcher until elevated to species rank by the IOC in 2015. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Monarchidae
Genus:
   Terpsiphone
Scientific:
  Terpsiphone affinis affinis

Original description

Citation:
(Blyth, E 1846)

Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 15, no. 172 p. 292-294

Protonym:
Tch[itrea]. affinis

Type locality:
Malay Peninsula.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40122833

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
763511B226137FFF

Avibase ID:
avibase-763511B2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/763511B2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 920660

Geographic range:

Terpsiphone paradisi saturatior: breeds in the eastern Himalayas, northeastern India (Assam), and Bangladesh; winters at lower elevations, but nonbreeding range poorly known: often reported to winter to Malay Peninsula, but perhaps only a vagrant that far south
Terpsiphone affinis affinis: peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Riau, and Lingga Archipelagos, Bangka, Belitung, and Java
Terpsiphone affinis nicobarica: Nicobar Islands
Terpsiphone affinis burmae: central and southern Myanmar
Terpsiphone affinis indochinensis: southern China (southern Yunnan) to southern Thailand and Indochina
Terpsiphone affinis procera: Simeulue (off Sumatra)
Terpsiphone affinis insularis: Nias (off Sumatra)
Terpsiphone affinis borneensis: Borneo
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior]
French:
Tchitrec de Blyth [affinis, incl. saturatior]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [nominate, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [nominate, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [nominate, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [nominate, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [nominate, incl. saturatior] ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
eBird version 2016: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2017: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's) ( Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Oriental Paradise-flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone affinis) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Terpsiphone affinis [incl. saturatior]

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Other synonyms

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Danish: Orientalsk Paradismonark
German: Blythparadiesschnäpper, Blythparadiesschnäpper [affinis-Gruppe]
English: Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's), Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [affinis, incl. saturatior], Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher [nominate, incl. saturatior], Oriental Paradise-flycatcher
English (Bangladesh): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Oriental Paradise-Flycatcher)
English, HBW: Oriental Paradise-flycatcher
English (IOC): Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher, Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher (Blyth's)
English (United States): Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Blyth's)
Spanish: Monarca del paraíso oriental, Monarca del Paraíso Oriental (grupo affinis)
Spanish (Spain): Monarca del paraíso oriental (grupo affinis)
Finnish: indokiinanparatiisimonarkki
French: Tchitrec de Blyth, Tchitrec de Blyth (affinis), Tchitrec de Blyth [affinis, incl. saturatior], Tchitrec de Blyth [affinis], Tchitrec de Blyth [nominal, incl. saturatior]
Croatian: kestenjastoleđi monarh
Japanese (romaji): buraisusankouchou (affinis guru-pu)
Japanese: ブライスサンコウチョウ, ブライスサンコウチョウ (affinis グループ), ブライスサンコウチョウ（affinis グループ）
Scientific: Tchitrea affinis, Terpsiphone affinis, Terpsiphone affinis [affinis Group], Terpsiphone affinis [affinis, incl. saturatior], Terpsiphone affinis affinis, Terpsiphone paradisi affinis
Dutch: Orientaalse Paradijsmonarch
Norwegian: Gråbrystparadismonark, gråbrystparadismonark (affinis gr.)
Polish: muchodławka indochińska, muchodławka indochińska [gr. affinis]
Portuguese: papa-moscas-do-paraíso-indomalaio
Portuguese (Portugal): monarca-oriental, monarca-oriental [grupo affinis]
Russian: Индокитайская райская мухоловка, Индокитайская райская мухоловка [группа affinis]
Slovak: vípkar tmavohlavý, vípkar tmavohlavý (skup.)
Swedish: sydöstasiatisk paradismonark, sydöstasiatisk paradismonark [gruppen affinis]
Thai: นกแซวสวรรค์, นกแซวสวรรค์ (ตะวันตก)
Turkish: Blyth Monarkı, Blyth monarkı [affinis grubu]
Ukrainian: монарх-довгохвіст індокитайський
Chinese: 中南寿带, 中南寿带 [affinis Group]
Chinese (Traditional): 布來氏綬帶