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Bird name: Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
Latin: Terpsiphone rufiventer
Other:
Family: Monarchidae - Monarchs, Paradise Flycatchers
Range: W, C Africa, incl Gambia
Similar: African Paradise Flycatcher

The Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher has an all rufous underside.

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Bird name: African Paradise Flycatcher
Latin: Terpsiphone viridis
Other: Tchitrec d'Afrique (Fr)
Family: Monarchidae - Monarchs, Paradise Flycatchers
Range: Africa, incl Gambia, Arabian Peninsula
Similar: Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

The African Paradise Flycatcher - females have shorter tails. Some males have white stripe on outside of wing (blurry shot below). Males can have very long tail streamers.

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Bird name: Magpie Lark
Latin: Grallina cyanoleuca
Other:
Family: Monarchidae • Monarchs
Range: Australia

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159 Monarchidae - Monarchs, Paradise Flycatchers - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Hypothymis azurea - Black-naped Monarch - Widespread Asia, also Sulawesi & Lesser Sundas
Hypothymis helenae - Short-crested Monarch - Philippines
Hypothymis coelestis - Celestial Monarch - Philippines

Eutrichomyias rowleyi - Cerulean Paradise Flycatcher - Sangihe Island

Dusky Crested Flycatcher, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, & White-tailed Crested Flycatcher to Elminia
Trochocercus cyanomelas - Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher - E, SE Africa
Trochocercus nitens - Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher - W, C Africa

Terpsiphone bedfordi - Bedford's Paradise Flycatcher - E Democratic Republic of the Congo
Terpsiphone rufocinerea - Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher - WC Africa
Terpsiphone rufiventer - Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher - WC Africa - NB name
Terpsiphone smithii - Annobon Paradise Flycatcher - Annobon Is. Africa - Split from T. rufiventer
Terpsiphone batesi - Bates's Paradise Flycatcher - C, EC Africa
Terpsiphone viridis - African Paradise Flycatcher - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula
Terpsiphone paradisi - Asian Paradise Flycatcher - Widespread Asia, also Lesser Sundas
Terpsiphone atrocaudata - Japanese Paradise Flycatcher - E, Eurasia, also Philippines - SE Asia and Philippines
Terpsiphone cyanescens - Blue Paradise Flycatcher - Philippines
Terpsiphone cinnamomea - Rufous Paradise Flycatcher - Philippines
Terpsiphone atrochalybeia - Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher - São Tomé Africa
Terpsiphone mutata - Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher - Madagascar region
Terpsiphone corvina - Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher - Seychelles Islands
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis - Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher - La Réunion, Mauritius

Chasiempis sandwichensis - Elepaio - Hawaiian Islands

Pomarea dimidiata - Rarotonga Monarch - Cook Islands
Pomarea nigra - Tahiti Monarch - Society Islands
Pomarea mendozae - Marquesan Monarch - Marquesas Islands
Pomarea iphis - Iphis Monarch - Marquesas Islands
Pomarea whitneyi - Fatuhiva Monarch - Marquesas Islands

Mayrornis schistaceus - Vanikoro Monarch - Santa Cruz Is
Mayrornis versicolor - Versicolored Monarch - Fiji Islands
Mayrornis lessoni - Slaty Monarch - Fiji Islands

Neolalage banksiana - Buff-bellied Monarch - Vanuatu

Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides - Southern Shrikebill - Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Clytorhynchus vitiensis - Fiji Shrikebill - Fiji Islands, Tonga, Samoa
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis - Black-throated Shrikebill - Fiji Islands
Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis - Santa Cruz Shrikebill - Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Islands - Split from C. nigrogularis
Clytorhynchus hamlini - Rennell Shrikebill - Solomon Islands

Metabolus rugensis - Chuuk Monarch - Caroline Islands

Separate 19 Monarcha to Symposiachrus
Symposiachrus axillaris - Black Monarch - New Guinea
Symposiachrus guttula - Spot-winged Monarch - New Guinea
Symposiachrus mundus - Black-bibbed Monarch - Lesser Sundas
Symposiachrus sacerdotum - Flores Monarch - Lesser Sundas
Symposiachrus boanensis - Black-chinned Monarch - S Moluccas
Symposiachrus trivirgatus - Spectacled Monarch - Widespread Australasia
Symposiachrus bimaculatus - Moluccan Monarch - N Moluccas
Symposiachrus leucurus - White-tailed Monarch - Kai Islands
Symposiachrus everetti - White-tipped Monarch - Lesser Sundas
Symposiachrus loricatus - Black-tipped Monarch - S Moluccas
Symposiachrus julianae - Kofiau Monarch - Kofiau Island
Symposiachrus brehmii - Biak Monarch - Biak Island
Symposiachrus manadensis - Hooded Monarch - New Guinea
Symposiachrus infelix - Manus Monarch - Admiralty Islands
Symposiachrus menckei - Mussau Monarch - Bismarck Archipelago
Symposiachrus verticalis - Black-tailed Monarch - Bismarck Archipelago
Symposiachrus barbatus - Solomons Monarch - Solomon Islands
Symposiachrus browni - Kolombangara Monarch - Solomon Islands - NB name
Symposiachrus vidua - White-collared Monarch - Solomon Islands

Monarcha rubiensis - Rufous Monarch - New Guinea
Monarcha cinerascens - Island Monarch - Sulawesi to Solomon Islands
Monarcha melanopsis - Black-faced Monarch - E Australia
Monarcha frater - Black-winged Monarch - New Guinea
Monarcha erythrostictus - Bougainville Monarch - Solomon Islands
Monarcha castaneiventris - Chestnut-bellied Monarch - Solomon Islands
Monarcha richardsii - White-capped Monarch - Solomon Islands
Monarcha godeffroyi - Yap Monarch - Caroline Islands
Monarcha takatsukasae - Tinian Monarch - Mariana Islands

Carterornis leucotis - White-eared Monarch - NE Australia - White-eared Monarch and White-naped Monarch were Monarcha
Carterornis pileatus - White-naped Monarch - Moluccas
Carterornis chrysomela - Golden Monarch - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago

Arses insularis - Ochre-collared Monarch - N New Guinea - New name
Arses telescopthalmus - Frilled Monarch - New Guinea
Arses lorealis - Frill-necked Monarch - NE Australia
Arses kaupi - Pied Monarch - NE Australia

Grallina cyanoleuca - Magpie-lark - Australia
Grallina bruijni - Torrent-lark - New Guinea

Myiagra oceanica - Oceanic Flycatcher - Caroline Islands
Myiagra erythrops - Palau Flycatcher - Caroline Islands
Myiagra freycineti - Guam Flycatcher - Mariana Islands
Myiagra pluto - Pohnpei Flycatcher - Caroline Islands
Myiagra galeata - Moluccan Flycatcher - Moluccas
Myiagra atra - Biak Black Flycatcher - Biak Island
Myiagra rubecula - Leaden Flycatcher - NE, S New Guinea, N, E Australia
Myiagra ferrocyanea - Steel-blue Flycatcher - Solomon Islands
Myiagra cervinicauda - Makira Flycatcher - Solomon Islands
Myiagra caledonica - Melanesian Flycatcher - Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Myiagra vanikorensis - Vanikoro Flycatcher - Fiji Islands, Santa Cruz Islands
Myiagra albiventris - Samoan Flycatcher - Samoa
Myiagra azureocapilla - Azure-crested Flycatcher - Fiji Islands
Myiagra ruficollis - Broad-billed Flycatcher - Lesser Sundas, S New Guinea, N Australia - includes M. fulviventris (Tanimbar Flycatcher)
Myiagra cyanoleuca - Satin Flycatcher - SE Australia
Myiagra alecto - Shining Flycatcher - Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago, N Australia
Myiagra hebetior - Velvet Flycatcher - Bismarck Archipelago
Myiagra nana - Paperbark Flycatcher - SC New Guinea, N Australia - Split from M. inquieta
Myiagra inquieta - Restless Flycatcher - SE New Guinea, Australia