Alternative names: Asian or Indian Verditer Flycatcher
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Ranikhet Hill Station, Alt. 6900 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 10 April 2019
- Eumyias thalassinus
Identification
15–17 cm (6-6¾ in)
- Bright blue body
- Black lores and eye patches (lacking in the female)
- Undertail coverts have pale tip in contrast to blue bases
Distribution
From Northern Pakistan over India, the Himalayas to Southern China, Indochina, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It has been also recorded in outskirts of Karachi city in Pakistan; this indicates extension in their winter migration range from India in to Pakistan .
Taxonomy
This species was previously (erroneously) designated Eumyias thalassina.
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- E. t. thalassinus:
- E. t. thalassoides:
Habitat
Broadleaved evergreen and montane rainforests up to a height of 2565m. Any well-wooded area.
Photo © by the late Dr Manjeet Singh
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, February 2007
Behaviour
Diet
There is little information; they appear to eat small invertebrates and ripe berries.
Gallery
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Immature, nominate subspecies
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dalhousie (7000 ft. above MSL), Himachal Pradesh, India. June 2014
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
- Birdforum thread discussing id of Verditer vs Pale Blue Flycatcher
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Verditer Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Verditer_Flycatcher
External Links
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