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The Vanikoro flycatcher is a small passerine, 13 cm long and weighing around 13 g. It has a large, slightly hooked black bill and black legs. The plumage varies between the sexes; the male has dark blue-black plumage over the head and throat, back, tail and wings, and a washed out red belly with a white rump. The pattern for the female is similar, but paler overall (orange instead of red, slate grey instead of dark blue) and with the orange of the belly also coming up the throat as far as the bill.
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When to see the Vanikoro Flycatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Vanikoro Flycatcher
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Vanikoro Flycatcher
The Vanikoro flycatcher is a species of monarch flycatcher in the family Monarchidae. It has a slightly disjunct distribution, occurring on Vanikoro island and in Fiji.
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Easily confused with
Palau FlycatcherMyiagra erythropsThe Palau flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.
Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonicaThe species is 13 to 14 cm (5.1–5.5 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35–0.42 oz).
Moluccan FlycatcherMyiagra galeataThe Moluccan flycatcher or dark-grey flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.
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