New Bird In My Neighborhood

There is a new bird in my neighborhood. It has a long peculiar tail which makes it so unique. Its head was glossy black with a black crown and crest. It had a black bill round and sturdy, and eyes were black.

Checked it on the Internet and found it to be "Asian Paradise-flycatcher". It is found from Turkestan to Manchuria, all over India and Sri Lanka to the Malay Archipelago on the islands of Sumba and Alor. The bird I saw turned out to be an adult male which develops long tail feathers upto 24 cm. Their rufous plumage moults into white with the central pair of tail feathers growing up to 30 cm long streamers that droop. The are adults called rufous-morph with rufous wings and tail but white underparts. For more detailed information on this bird, click here.