About the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher
The blue-throated blue flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It resembles Cyornis tickelliae but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers. The blue-throated flycatcher is found in much of the Indian subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, and also extends eastwards into Bangladesh, and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar.
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ID tip
Adult males have blue throats and orange breasts with a well defined white belly and flanks. Females have an olive head and upperparts with a poorly defined creamy-orange chest and a white belly.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Vietnam.
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Hainan Blue FlycatcherCyornis hainanusThe Hainan blue flycatcher is a bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whiteiThe hill blue flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallidipesThis flycatcher is about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and has a longish beak.
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