Terpsiphone paradisi
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family, Monarchidae. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, with resident and breeding populations in most of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, as well as parts of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The Indian paradise flycatcher has a length of 20–50 cm (7.9–19.7 in) from beak to tail. Males have elongated central tail feathers, and a black and rufous plumage in some populations, while others have white plumage. Females are short-tailed with rufous wings and a black head. Indian paradise flycatchers feed on insects, including grasshoppers, butterflies and praying mantises, as well as flies. The Indian paradise flycatcher typically captures prey in the air, kills it by hitting it on a rock, and then extracts the inner parts. often below a densely canopied tree.
The Indian paradise flycatcher was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Surat | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Dushanbe | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | |
| 5 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Srinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Paradise-Flycatcher sighting in Rajkot on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 123 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Paradise-Flycatcher in Rajkot on a given day, against under 5% in July, October and December–May, the lowest months. That is one of Rajkot's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against almost none in February. August has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Paradise-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
29th of 69
Of the 69 cities where we can rate Indian Paradise-Flycatcher sightings, Rajkot ranks 29th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 60%), Raipur (India, about 30%) and Surat (India, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Indian Paradise-Flycatcher that you can see in Rajkot (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Purple Sunbird (about 70%), Black Drongo (about 60%) and House Sparrow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Paradise-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Rajkot (6 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.
