Asian Paradise-Flycatcher (Female) © David Bakewell

Vagrant to Maldives, North Korea.

Proposed subspecies madzoedi (northern Sumatra) and australis (southern Sumatra) are included within affinis.

The following 14 subspecies are recognised:

• leucogaster (Swainson, 1838)   -  Breeds western Tien Shan south to northern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-western and north-central India and western and central Nepal. Non-breeding eastern Pakistan and peninsular India.
• saturatior (Salomonsen, 1933)   -  Breeds eastern Nepal east to north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar. Non-breeding also Malay Peninsula. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Central and southern India, central Bangladesh and south-western Myanmar. Non-breeding also Sri Lanka.
• ceylonensis (Zarudny & Härms, 1912)   -  Sri Lanka.
• nicobarica Oates, 1890   -  Central Nicobar Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• incei (Gould, 1852)   -  Breeds central, eastern and north-eastern China, Russian Far East (southern Ussuriland) and northern Korea. Non-breeding mainly south-eastern Asia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Chinese Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei).
• burmae (Salomonsen, 1933)   -  Central Myanmar. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• indochinensis (Salomonsen, 1933)   -  Eastern Myanmar, southern China (southern Yunnan) and Thailand east to Indochina. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• affinis (Blyth, 1846)   -  Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• procera (Richmond, 1903)   -  Simeulue I (off north-western Sumatra). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• insularis Salvadori, 1887   -  Nias I (off north-western Sumatra). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• borneensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1916)   -  Borneo. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).
• floris Büttikofer, 1894   -  Sumbawa, Flores, Lomblen, Alor (Lesser Sundas). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Nusa Tenggara Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone floris).
• sumbaensis A. B. Meyer, 1894   -  Sumba I (Lesser Sundas). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis).

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