Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Monarchidae Scientific name Terpsiphone smithii | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Terpsiphone Rank Species | |
Similar Bates's paradise flycatcher, Red‑bellied paradise flycatcher, Rufous‑vented paradise flycatcher, Blue paradise flycatcher, Rufous paradise flycatcher | ||
The Annobón paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone smithii) is a medium-sized species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Annobón Island in Equatorial Guinea.
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Taxonomy and systematics
The Annobón paradise flycatcher 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. Within its genus, the Annobón flycatcher was split from the red-bellied paradise flycatcher in 2009 by the IOC. Some other authorities continue to treat the Annobón paradise flycatcher as a subspecies of the red-bellied paradise flycatcher (T. rufiventer smithii).
Habitat
It is found in tropical forests.