How big is a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher?

The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is a small sized bird weighing about 20 g.

Where can you see a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher?

The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is endemic to the Philippines, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher?

The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Meratus Blue Flycatcher, the Javan Blue Flycatcher and the Sulu Jungle Flycatcher.

Is the Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher endangered?

The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis herioti

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis herioti) is a legendary chats, old world flycatchers, and alli found only in the Philippines, weighing about 20 g. The blue-breasted blue flycatcher, also known as the blue-breasted flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Near ThreatenedLegendaryEndemicEats invertebratesforestcavity nest20 g

Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis herioti), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Peter Quakenbush, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), carregado por Peter Quakenbush · cc-by

About the Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher

The blue-breasted blue flycatcher, also known as the blue-breasted flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found only north and central parts of Luzon. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. The Rufous-breasted blue flycatcher was formerly considered to be a subspecies.

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Where it lives

Philippines

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, December, with peak activity in March. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher look like?: The blue-breasted blue flycatcher, also known as the blue-breasted flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
How big is a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher?: The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is a small sized bird weighing about 20 g.
Where can you see a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher?: The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is endemic to the Philippines, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher?: The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Meratus Blue Flycatcher, the Javan Blue Flycatcher and the Sulu Jungle Flycatcher.
Is the Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher endangered?: The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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