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 3 species which occur in Hong Kong.
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hong Kong
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