Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher

When to see the Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

About the Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher

The rufous-breasted blue flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found on the Bicol Peninsula and Catanduanes. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the blue-breasted blue flycatcher. This species was only photographed in the wild for the first time ever in March 2025 – prior to this there was no other documentation of this species for 17 years. This species remains one of the least documented birds in the Philippines.

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Easily confused with

Sula Jungle FlycatcherCyornis colonusThe Sula jungle flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Crocker Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ruficrissaThe Crocker jungle flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Philippine Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ruficaudaThe Philippine jungle flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.