Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Terpsiphone

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Terpsiphone viridis ferreti

Mali and Ivory Coast to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania
Terpsiphone viridis granti

KwaZulu-Natal to southwestern Cape Province; winters to southern Tanzania
Terpsiphone viridis harterti

southern Arabian peninsula
Terpsiphone viridis kivuensis

southwestern Uganda to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and northwestern Tanzania
Terpsiphone viridis plumbeiceps

southern Angola to western Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Tanzania, and northeastern South Africa
Terpsiphone viridis restricta

Lake Victoria region of western Kenya and Uganda
Terpsiphone viridis speciosa

southern Cameroon southward to northeastern Angola, eastward to Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern South Sudan
Terpsiphone viridis suahelica

highlands of western Kenya and Tanzania
Terpsiphone viridis ungujaensis

eastern Tanzania to Zambia; Zanzibar, Pemba Island, and Mafia Island
Terpsiphone viridis viridis

Senegal and Gambia to Sierra Leone

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.