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PORTAL FOR BIRDS OF MADHYA PRADESH
   
 
  Paradise-flycatcher  
Name : Paradise-flycatcher
Scientific Name : Terpsiphone paradisi
Size : Doodhraj, Shah bulbul (50 cm)
Habitat : Light deciduous jungle and bamboo plantation
Identification : Adult male silvery white with black crest and ribbon like feather in tail
Status : Resident
Distribution : Throughout the Indian Union
Food : Flies, gnats and other dipterous insect
Nest : February to July, woven cup grass nest
Eggs : 3-5, pale creamy pink
   



  Least Concern
  Terrestrial
  Uncommon
  All parts of M.P.
 
SPECIES OF TERRESTRIAL BIRDS FOUND IN MADHYA PRADESH