The São Tomé paradise flycatcher (''Terpsiphone atrochalybeia''), also known as São Tomé flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. The species was described by

Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson (1813–1876) was an English explorer and naturalist. He took part in the Niger expedition of 1841. He originally described the Allen's gallinule. Works *Captain William Allen William Allen may refer to: Poli ...

in 1842, with ''Tchitrea atrochalybeia'' the binomial and Fernando Po given as the type locality. The species is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

São Tomé Island São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home in May 2018 to about 193,380 or 96% of the nation's population. The island is divided into six districts. It is located 2 km (1¼ miles) north of the equ ...

. BirdLife International
Species Factsheet ''Terpsiphone atrochalybeia''
accessed 17 January 2019 Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

s are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

Terpsiphone Endemic birds of São Tomé and Príncipe Endemic fauna of São Tomé Island Birds described in 1842 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Monarchidae-stub