São Tomé paradise flycatcher

The São Tomé paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrochalybeia), also known as São Tomé flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. The species was described by Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson in 1842. It is endemic to São Tomé Island.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

São Tomé paradise flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Terpsiphone
Species:
T. atrochalybeia
Binomial name
Terpsiphone atrochalybeia
(Thomson, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Tchitrea atrochalybeia

References
  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Terpsiphone atrochalybeia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22707115A131453428. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22707115A131453428.en.
  2. BirdLife International, Species Factsheet Terpsiphone atrochalybeia, accessed 17 January 2019


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