List of Birds of South Korea - 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 South Korea.

  • Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
  • Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (A)

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