Asian Paradise-flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi

 
Possible regional races (polytypic)
-T. p. nicobarica
-T. p. saturatior
-T. p. leucogaster
-T. p. paradisi
Terpsiphone paradisi leucogaster
Solang Valley, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, 14th May 2006.
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The Paradise flycatcher, though by no means common, is universally spread over the Division. Occasionally it may be seen flitting about mangoe topes, but oftener in bamboo brakes and other thickets, and is a frequent visitor to the Horticultural Gardens at Lucknow, where it breeds.
 

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