Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira), photo 1 — Photo: Shiv's fotografia · CC BY 4.0

Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira), photo 2 — Photo: T C Jerdon (text); Leonard (art) · Public domain

Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira), photo 3 — Photo: Davidvraju · CC0

Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira), photo 4 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Sapphire Flycatcher

The sapphire flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Where the Sapphire Flycatcher lives

Regular range

India Thailand Bhutan China Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Nepal

When to see the Sapphire Flycatcher

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Peak activity in December · a winter visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoniThe pygmy flycatcher, also known as the pygmy blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae.

Green-backed FlycatcherFicedula elisaeThe green-backed flycatcher is a bird in the family Muscicapidae, which contains the Old World flycatchers.

Kashmir FlycatcherFicedula subrubraThe Kashmir flycatcher is 13 cm long, an insectivorous species closely related to the red-breasted flycatcher and sharing the habits of flicking its tail up while perching.

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