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 Russia.
- Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Russia
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