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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Terpsiphone atrocaudata

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Monarchidae

Genus

Terpsiphone

Species

Terpsiphone atrocaudata

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Black Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone atrocaudata (Black Paradise Flycatcher · サンコウチョウ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

18.5~20cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Shady deciduous broadleaf forests and mixed woods along streams and rivers, on relatively low mountains

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 The long-tailed male is introduced in the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture as a classic example of sexual selection (mate choice by females).
💡 A male's body length of 20 cm is almost equal to the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#긴꼬리딱새#Terpsiphone atrocaudata

📖 1. Overview

The Black Paradise Flycatcher is a summer visitor that breeds in Korea and Japan and winters in Southeast Asia, famous for the male's striking long tail.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Males have a black head, crest, neck, and breast, a purplish back and tail, a blue eye-ring and bill, and a white belly. The male's tail is more than 3 times longer than the female's.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It perches on tree branches and flies out to catch insects such as flies, beetles, cicadas, grasshoppers, and dragonflies on the wing. Between May and July, it builds a cup-shaped nest of tree bark and lays 3–5 eggs.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In the National List of Species of Korea, it is a Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) and breeds not uncommonly in southern regions such as Jeju Island and Geojedo.