African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (30)
- Subspecies (10)
Kees Moeliker
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 21, 2013
Text last updated January 21, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Paradysvlieëvanger |
| Bulgarian | Африканска райска мухоловка |
| Catalan | monarca del paradís africà |
| Croatian | afrički monarh |
| Czech | lejskovec africký |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse paradijsmonarch |
| English | African Paradise-Flycatcher |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| English (Kenya) | African Paradise Flycatcher |
| English (United States) | African Paradise-Flycatcher |
| Estonian | salu-paradiisipiibik |
| French | Tchitrec d'Afrique |
| French (Canada) | Tchitrec d'Afrique |
| German | Graubrust-Paradiesschnäpper |
| Hebrew | חטפית גן-עדן אפריקנית |
| Japanese | アフリカサンコウチョウ |
| Norwegian | strimmelparadismonark |
| Polish | muchodławka wspaniała |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Papa-moscas-do-paraíso-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Viúva-verde |
| Russian | Африканская райская мухоловка |
| Serbian | Afrička rajska muharica |
| Slovak | vípkar nádherný |
| Slovenian | Afriški rajski muhar |
| Spanish | Monarca Colilargo Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Monarca colilargo africano |
| Swedish | afrikansk paradismonark |
| Turkish | Afrika Monarkı |
| Ukrainian | Монарх-довгохвіст африканський |
| Zulu | inzwece |
Terpsiphone viridis (Müller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa viridis
Müller, 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs, p.171.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TERPSIPHONE
- viridis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the African Paradise-Flycatcher
