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This species is 15 cm (5.9 in) long. It is similar in shape to the spotted flycatcher and has a loud melodic song.. Adults are ashy blue, with a whitish belly. There is a black patch between the broad black bill and the eye, bordered with brighter blue above and below. Sexes are similar, but females are slightly duller. Juvenile dull-blue flycatchers are brown, heavily spotted on the head, back, wing-coverts and breast with pale buff; their flight feathers are broadly edged with blue-grey.
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When to see the Dull-blue Flycatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dull-blue Flycatcher
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Dull-blue Flycatcher
The dull-blue flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. This species is an endemic resident breeder in the hills of central Sri Lanka.
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Easily confused with
Timor Blue FlycatcherEumyias hyacinthinusThe Timor blue flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Blue-fronted Blue FlycatcherEumyias hoevelliThe blue-fronted blue flycatcher, also known as the blue-fronted flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Buru Jungle FlycatcherEumyias additusThe Buru jungle flycatcher, also known as the streak-breasted jungle-flycatcher or streaky-breasted jungle-flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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