Pale blue flycatcher
| Pale blue flycatcher | |
|---|---|
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| At IISc Bangalore, India | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cyornis |
| Species: | C. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyornis unicolor Blyth, 1843 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cyornis cyanopolia Blyth, 1870 | |
The pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]
It is superficially similar in appearance to the verditer flycatcher, but is paler blue, with greyish underparts from throat to vent, and a discontinuous black eye-patch. Both birds can often be found in the same locale.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Cyornis unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Mlíkovský, Jiří (4 August 2011). "Nomenclatural notes on Cyornis and Rhinomyias flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae) of South-East Asia". Zootaxa (2985): 64–68.