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Hypothymis Boie, 1826 Isis 18,19 col.973 Muscicapa caerulea Gmelin, 1788; Type by monotypy = Muscicapa azurea Boddaert, 1783
- 679. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea (Boddaert, 1783)
  Original Description: Muscicapa azurea Boddaert, 1783 Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.41
  Alternative Names: Black-naped Monarch-Flycatcher, Black-naped Flycatcher
  IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  - 679a. Hypothymis azurea styani (Hartlaub, 1899) [HB#1465]
    Original Description: Siphia Styani Hartlaub, 1899 Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 7 p.248
    Taxonomy: Includes sykesi Baker 1920 from Deccan, which itself is a new name for Muscicapa caeruleocephala Sykes 1832. Also, includes similis Koelz 1939 from Londa, NW Karnataka.
    Distribution: Along the Himalayan foothills from Jammu (straggler), SE Himachal, adjoining Haryana, Uttarakhand, N Uttar Pradesh, sporadic in Gangetic plains, N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal, all NE hill states, Jharkhand, S W Bengal, E Rajasthan (sporadic), Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana (locally), W Ghats, E Ghats, Deccan (locally), W coastal plains, and E coastal plains (sporadic).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, ROM, USNM, YPM, TNHM, MYS, HYD, BNHM
    Notes: Includes two populations, a northern migratory one and a resident one in the W Ghats. The latter not diagnostic enough to merit subspecies status. Details of migration not worked out.
  - 679b. Hypothymis azurea tytleri (Beavan, 1867) [HB#1467]
    Original Description: Myiagra tytleri Beavan, 1867 Ibis (2) 3 (11) p.324-325 (Port Blair, Andaman Is.)
    Distribution: Narcondam, N, Middle, S, and Little Andaman Is. as well as the islets of N Reef, Interview, Long, Outram, Inglis, Herny Lawrence, Havelock, Neil, Ross (Netaji), Alexandra, Tarmugli, Boat, and Rutland Is.
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, ROM, USNM
  - 679c. Hypothymis azurea idiochroa Oberholser, 1911 [HB#1468]
    Original Description: Hypothymis azurea idiochroa Oberholser, 1911 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39 p.604 (Car Nicobar Is.)
    Distribution: Car Nicobar Is.
    Type Specimen: USNM#178873 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, USNM
  - 679d. Hypothymis azurea nicobarica Bianchi, 1907 [HB#1469]
    Original Description: Hypothymis azurea nicobarica Bianchi, 1907 Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1 p.76 (Nancowry Is., C Nicobar Is)
    Taxonomy: S Nicobar group distinct but no subspecies named (RA2012). Includes calocara Oberholser 1911 from Nankauri I. [=Nancowry Is.], C Nicobar group.
    Distribution: C Nicobar group (Tillanchong, Teresa, Bompoka, Trinkar, Kamorta, Nancowry, and Katchal Is.) and S Nicobar group (Meroe and Great Nicobar Is.
    Type Specimen: USNM#178705 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, ROM, USNM
Terpsiphone Gloger, 1827 Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde 16 col.278 Corvus paradisi Linnaeus, 1758; Type by subsequent designation (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827, Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 15, p.25)
- 680. Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (Blyth, 1846)
  Original Description: Tch[itrea]. affinis Blyth, 1846 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 15, N° 172 p. 292-294
  Alternative Names: Oriental Paradise-Flycatcher
  IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II. CMS: Appendix II.
  - 680a. Terpsiphone affinis saturatior (Salomonsen, 1933) [HB#1463]
    Original Description: Tchitrea affinis saturatior Salomonsen, 1933 Ibis (13) 3 (4) p.732 (Buxa Duars)
    Distribution: Summer: Sikkim (historically at least), Arunachal. Winter: N Bengal plains (historically at least), Brahmaputra plains of Assam, Cachar, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Andaman Is. and Great Nicobar Is. Vagrant in peninsular India.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.4.1. 2907 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    Notes: Great Nicobar Is. breeding white morph with long tail streamers may be an undescribed subspecies (RA2012). AR2001 included these birds under nicobarica Oates 1890 which clearly is incorrect.
  - 680b. Terpsiphone affinis nicobarica Oates, 1890 [HB#1464]
    Original Description: Terpsiphone nicobarica Oates, 1890 The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. 1st ed. vol. 2 p.48 (Trinkat Is., C Nicobar Is)
    Taxonomy: The type locality is variously documented as "Andaman and Nicobars" or "Nicobars" (AR2001) but restricted here to Trinkat Is., C Nicobars where the type specimen came from. The taxa do not occur in Andaman group of islands nor in Great Nicobars.
    Distribution: C Nicobar group (Tillanchong, Teresa, Bompoka, Kamorta, Trinkat, Nancowry, and Katchal Is.).
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1887.12.30.1034 (Syntype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK
- 681. Amur Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei (Gould, 1852)
  Original Description: Muscipeta Incei Gould, 1852 The birds of Asia pl. and text
  Alternative Names: Chinese Paradise-Flycatcher
  Distribution: Vagrant. Reported mostly from S Andaman and once each in Middle Andaman and Telangana.
  IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II. CMS: Appendix II.
  Notes: See Grundsten et al. (2018, BA 29: 44 ) and Patibanda et al. (2024, IB 20 (3): 93).
- 682. Indian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Alternative Names: Asian Paradise-Flycatcher (with T. affinis)
  IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II. CMS: Appendix II.
  - 682a. Terpsiphone paradisi leucogaster (Swainson, 1838) [HB#1460]
    Original Description: Muscipeta leucogaster Swainson, 1838 The Naturalist's Library vol. 21, Orn., vol. 10) p.205, pl. 24 (Shimla)
    Distribution: Summer: Gilgit (sporadic), Ladakh (sporadic), Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand, adjoining Punjab, and N Haryana. Winter: Spreading to most of the subcontinent reaching west till Gujarat, east till W Bengal, and south till Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, HYD
  - 682b. Terpsiphone paradisi paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758) [HB#1461]
    Original Description: Corvus paradisi Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.107 (Chandannagar, W Bengal)
    Distribution: Summer: Gujarat, E Rajasthan, Delhi region, Gangetic plains south of Ganga river, C India, Jharkhand, S W Bengal, NE Ghats of Odisha, Andhra, W Ghats, and Deccan at least till S Karnataka and N Tamil Nadu; sporadic further south in Kerala and S Tamil Nadu. Winter: Spreads further south in the entire subcontinent till the tip of the peninsula.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, ROM, USNM, YPM