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Paradise Flycatcher
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Satya Mishra (kunusatyabbsr)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-04-10 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-04-17 1:09 |
| Viewed: 395 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Second one from the Series of Photographs from Purnakot Range of Satkosia tiger Reserve.
The Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), also known as the Common Paradise-flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird. It was previously classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but the paradise-flycatchers, monarch flycatchers and Australasian fantails are now normally grouped with the drongos in the family Dicruridae, which has most of its members in Australasia and tropical southern Asia.
The Asian Paradise-flycatcher breeds from Turkestan to Manchuria. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Asia. There are resident populations further south, for example in southern India and Sri Lanka, so both visiting migrants and the locally breeding subspecies occur in these areas in winter.
This species is usually found in thick forests and other well-wooded habitats. Three or four eggs are laid in a cup nest in a tree.
The adult male Asian Paradise-flycatcher is about 20 cm long, but the long tail streamers double this. It has a black crested head, chestnut upperparts and pale grey underparts.
By their second year, the males of the migratory Indian race T. p. paradisi (Indian Paradise-Flycatcher) begin to acquire white feathers. By the third year, the male plumage is completely white, other than the black head. Males of the sedentary Sri Lankan race T. p. ceylonensis (Sri Lankan Paradise-Flycatcher) are always chestnut.
The female of all races resembles the chestnut male, but has a grey throat, smaller crest and lacks the tail streamers.
The Asian 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.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species: T. paradisi
Shooting info
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/80
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal Length 400.0 mm |
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- gannu
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(10628) - [2008-04-18 3:10]
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Hello Satya,
Nice shot but the focus could have been better. Nice sorroundings. Ganesh
