Question: This common and wide-ranging African mystery bird will be difficult to identify, but a congener was featured as a mystery bird a few months ago. Can you identify the species? Response: This ...

COLOMBO — As October drew to a close last year, ardent birdwatcher Moditha Kodikarachchi eagerly awaited a special guest in his garden — a migratory Asian paradise flycatcher. Since 2021, the same ...

Taking in a sharp breath and forgetting to exhale is a common reaction when watching a flying male Asian Paradise Flycatcher. That's because, like an apparition straight out of the Arabian Nights, two ...

This is the 45th in an ongoing series that highlights the riches of Pigeon Valley, the urban nature reserve in the heart of Glenwood. The focus of this article will be the African Paradise-Flycatcher.

Six months after the Supreme Court ordered status quo on the construction of a gas-based power plant by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) near Puttenahalli Lake close to Yelahanka, nature ...

Has a loud and raucous call, which has nothing to do with melody, just pierced your ears? Well, you just heard the Indian paradise flycatcher. It is a fist-sized bird in a beautiful brick colour, with ...

A scissor-tailed flycatcher rests on a branch. It was early April, and I was camping near Roma at a small campground near the Rio Grande. Nestled in the southern Texas Plains just a few minutes’ drive ...

An Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) with distinctive markings on its head that has returned to the same home garden in Colombo for four consecutive migratory seasons has sparked ...