See text Bates's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) is a passerine bird belonging to the monarch-flycatcher family, Monarchidae.

The sexes are similar in appearance with the upper parts being rufous and the head and underparts being bluish-grey.

Its name commemorates the American ornithologist George Latimer Bates.

There are two subspecies recognized:[3] Bates's paradise flycatcher is usually 18 centimetres long but males in parts of Cameroon and Angola have elongated central tail-feathers making them 23-28 centimetres long.

The rufous-vented paradise flycatcher is similar in appearance but has a darker head with a crest and males always have elongated central tail-feathers.