Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher

Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher: Bigodi Community Birding Project, Bigodi, Uganda, August 2022 — There are two Paradise-Flycatchers in Uganda, the Black-headed and the African. The African can be seen pretty much everywhere in Uganda but the Black-headed is only in the south-west corner. This Black Headed played hard-to-get for a half hour in the little patch of remnant forest along the trail at the Bigodi Community Birding Project. It was dark under the canopy and the bird just would not sit still! The Black-headed was, until recently, called the Red-bellied, and it does have a solid rufous breast, without the white of the African, not that you can see that in this shot. Only some males have the long tails, though never as long as a long-tailed African, and it is a regional thing. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications and Multi-frame Noise Reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 6400 @ f4 @ 1/400th. Plus .3EV.

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