Flycatchers | Miles To The Wild

The Malagasy paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, and Mayotte. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

There are two colour morphs of this beautiful bird – white and rufous. The reason for this is still not certain but you can read more about it here. They often co-exist in the same habitat. I took these photos in Ankarafantsika NP, Madagascar.

White Morph

Rufous Morph

The good news is this intriguing and beautiful bird has a very large range and can be seen in most forested parks in Madagascar. We found them easily in Ankarafantsika with both morphs in close proximity to each other.

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VIDEO

I couldn’t find anything embeddable, but if you go to IBC, you can see videos of a white morph male building a nest and a rufous female building a nest, both filmed near Ranomafana NP.

As promised, here are some of the amazing birds of Pretoriuskop Restcamp. I was thrilled to see so many Brown-headed Parrots which were my main target bird, but there were lots of other great birds too!

This first batch of photos was taken near the laundry room in the late afternoon.

Helmeted Guinea-fowl

African Green Pigeon

Purple-crested Turaco – stunning bird, photos don’t do them justice!

Black-collared Barbet

These remaining photos were taken early in the morning. We were up around 5:30 and we spent a good 3 hours just wandering around following the birds (especially the parrots) as they went about their daily activities.

Grey-headed Bush-shrike

Finally! A flock of Brown-headed Parrots!

They really like the trees just outside cabin 124!

African Mourning Dove

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Meanwhile back at the cabin, Ina was watching the Crested Guinea-fowls who came right up to us and the monkeys who were trying to rob some campers of breakfast.