Biology:Blue-and-white flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Blue-and-white flycatcher
Blue and white flycatcher.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyanoptila
Species:
C. cyanomelana
Binomial name
Cyanoptila cyanomelana
(Temminck, 1829)

The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in Japan , Korea, and in parts of north eastern China and the Russian Far East. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. This species has been recorded as a vagrant from the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka in 2014.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q73477 entry