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Photography by Ross Wanless </i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><img src="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Endemic/Images/Paradise_Flycatcher_350.jpg" width="350" height="400" title="Paradise Flycatcher - Terpsiphone bourbonnensis" alt="Paradise Flycatcher - Terpsiphone bourbonnensis"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><font size="-1"><i> Photography by Colin Taylor </i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=CC0033> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="left" class="IndexWhite" height="20" > <p>&nbsp;Description</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Scientific Name</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <p>Terpsiphone bourbonnensis</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">English Name</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3" > <p>Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%" height="17"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">French Name</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3" height="17"> <p> Tchitrec des Mascareignes</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Local French Name</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <p> Coq des bois</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Creole Name</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <p><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gob mus</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Habitat</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <p><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Forest</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Geographic Range</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <p><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mauritius</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">First Description</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <p>Muller, 1776</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%" height="29"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CITES Status</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3" height="29"> <p>Critically endangered estimated 150  200 pairs left </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%">&nbsp;</td> <td width="67%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="left" class="IndexWhite" height="20"> <p>&nbsp;Classification</p> </td> </tr> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr valignment="top" valign="top" bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="75"> <p> Kingdom<br> Phylum<br> Sub phylum<br> Class <br> Order<br> Family<br> Genus<br> Species</p> </td> <td width="146"> <p> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/animalia.html" target="_blank">Animalia</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata.html" target="_blank">Chordata</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/vertebrata.html" target="_blank">Vertebrata</a> <br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves.html" target="_blank">Aves</a> <br> <font size=2><a href="http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&amp;search_value=178265" target="_blank">Passeriformes</a></font><br> <a href="http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&amp;search_value=553444" target="_blank">Monarchidae</a><br> <a href="http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&amp;search_value=558286" target="_blank">Terpsiphone</a><br> <a href="http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&amp;search_value=563364" target="_blank">Terpsiphone bourbonnensis</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> 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Nest placed in dense vegetation some 3 metres above ground. Male and female sit on the eggs. Hatching time some 12 days. Young stay a further fortnight in the nest.</p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="F3F3F3"> <td width="33%" valign="top"><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Remarks</font></td> <td width="67%" bgcolor="F3F3F3" valign="top"> <p>Male head iridiscent dark blue with a large crest. Female head greyish blue with smaller crest. Bird very familiar, tame and inquisitive. Lovely song. 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