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Blue-throated Flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)

Blue-throated Flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides) - Male
Blue-throated Flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides) - Male

About Blue-throated Flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Old World Flycatchers

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.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2013-02-23

    Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, India
    Image from 2013-02-23
    Image from 2013-02-23