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 6 species which occur in the Philippines.
- Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae (E)
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis (E)
- Japanese Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Blue Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens (E)
- Rufous Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone cinnamomea
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Philippines
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