List of Birds of India - Monarch Flycatchers

Monarch Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in India.

  • Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
  • Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

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