Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufocinerea

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Brazzaville

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

15 Verified sightings at Brazzaville
July Best month

About the Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

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. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:10

Angola · 2019

© Paulina Meller · XC505456 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:06

Congo (Democratic Republic) · 2016

© Bram Piot · XC320117 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:15

Cameroon · 2019

© Andres Angulo · XC462414 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brazzaville 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher in Brazzaville?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher sighting in Brazzaville on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher in Brazzaville?

July

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher in Brazzaville on a given day, against about 10% in January–March and October, the lowest months. That is one of Brazzaville's driest months, with almost no rain against 280 mm in November. June has too few records to rate.

Where else can you see a Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher?

Only Brazzaville, in our data

Brazzaville is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Brazzaville (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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