Terpsiphone atrocaudata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The black paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird native to southeastern Asia. It is a glossy black, chestnut and white bird, slightly smaller than either the Amur paradise flycatcher or Blyth's paradise flycatcher, but similar in appearance. Males have exceptionally long tails. Females are generally duller in appearance and have shorter tails.
It is a migratory species, breeding in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the far north of the Philippines. Outside the breeding season it migrates to China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, other parts of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra, Indonesia.
The black 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. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 85th most-seen of the 183 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher in Tuen Mun on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months. That is one of Tuen Mun's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 290 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher sightings, Tuen Mun has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Xiamen City (China, under 5%) and Busan (South Korea, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tuen Mun (5 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.
