Blue-and-White Flycatcher

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A male blue-and-white flycatcher, a small and striking migratory bird rarely seen in India, was recently spotted on Pavagadh Hills, Gujarat.

About Blue-and-White Flycatcher

• It is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
• Scientific Name: Cyanoptila cyanomelana
• It is also known as the Japanese flycatcher.

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Blue-and-White Flycatcher Distribution

• It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of northeastern China and the Russian Far East. 
• It winters in Southeast Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra, and Borneo.
• Habitat: 
• It lives in wooded areas in lowlands and submontane forests such as taiga, wooded slopes, and gullies at up to 1200 metres of elevation. 
• It can also be found in scrub, bushes, and plantations.

Blue-and-White Flycatcher Features

• Adult males have most of the upperparts cobalt-blue, including upperwing coverts, flight feather edges, and tail. 
• On the underparts, the chin, throat, breast, and flanks are black, whereas the belly and vent are white.
• The bill is black. Eyes are dark brown.
• Female is different. She has grey-brown upperparts, including head and face. Wings are blackish, with broad rufous-brown edges on tertials.
• On the underparts, the chin and throat are grey to grey-brown, with distinct creamy throat patches.

Blue-and-White Flycatcher Conservation Status

It is classified as ‘Least Concern‘ under the IUCN Red List.

Source: TOI