Biology:Pale blue flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Pale blue flycatcher
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A male pale blue flycatcher
In East Java, Indonesia
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A female pale blue flycatcher
In East Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. unicolor
Binomial name
Cyornis unicolor
Blyth, 1843
Synonyms[2]

Cyornis cyanopolia Blyth, 1870

The pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Edward Blyth in 1843.

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 forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[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.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Cyornis unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22709532A94213374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709532A94213374.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22709532/94213374. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Mlíkovský, Jiří (4 August 2011). "Nomenclatural notes on Cyornis and Rhinomyias flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae) of South-East Asia". Zootaxa 2985 (2985): 64–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2985.1.5. 

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