African paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone viridis, was photographed at Amani Nature Reserve, East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, Africa. The photographer writes: ""We were doing a night walk in the Amani preserve in the East Usambara Mts, in Tanzania, when we spotted this bird on the nest with our flashlights. It didn't move at all, as we took a brief photo. We were mainly looking for chameleons, but saw this one bird, as well as various weird insects.""

Question: This common and wide-ranging African mystery bird will be difficult to identify, but a congener was featured as a mystery bird a few months ago. Can you identify the species?
Response: This is an adult female African paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone viridis. The rich chestnut color and the length and shape of the tail are good clues as to this bird's identity, as well as the location where the photo was snapped.
This is a close relative of the Madagascar paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone mutata, which was featured as the daily mystery bird in October 2010.
Like its congener, this species is remarkable because the males have two color morphs; white and rufous (chestnut), whilst females only ever show one color (rufous).
Even more interesting is that males may change color from the rufous to the white form or vice versa and may sometimes be seen part way through this change sporting a mixture of white and rufous feathers. It is not known why these birds have two color morphs.
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(Source: Guardian.co.uk)