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Rufous vented paradise flycatcher

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Terpsiphone

Higher classification
  
Paradise flycatcher

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Monarchidae

Scientific name
  
Terpsiphone rufocinerea

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Bates's paradise flycatcher, Paradise flycatcher, Bird, Mayrornis, Manus monarch

The rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufocinerea) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found from southern Cameroon to eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Angola. This species readily hybridizes with the genetically similar African paradise flycatcher. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and shrub-dominated wetlands.

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Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher Wikipedia