ASIAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER (Dives from perches to bathe) | Birds of Paradise | Bangladesh Adult Indian paradise flycatchers are 19–22 cm (7.5–8.7 in) long. Their heads are glossy black with a black crown and crest. Females are rufous on the back. As male adults, they develop up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long tail feathers with two central tail feathers growing up to 30 cm (12 in) long drooping streamers. Young males are rufous and have short tails. They acquire long tails in their second or third year. Adult males are either predominantly bright rufous above or predominantly white. Some specimens show some degree of intermediacy between rufous and white. This is an Indian Paradise flycatcher cooling himself by having a dip; filmed in a pond near by her house in Tanore, Rajshahi Bangladesh.