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| - | [[Image:Ultramarine_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Nandi Hills, Bangalore.]] | + | [[Image:Rakeshultramarineflycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}}<br />Photo taken: Snhagad Valley, Pune, [[India]], January, 2009]] |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 10cm. Deep blue above, sides of head and neck, prominent white patch runs from centre of throat, through breast to belly. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Pakistan]], [[Kashmir]], [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Tibet]]. Winters in [[India]]. |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
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| | + | Ficedula superciliaris superciliaris [[Himalayas]] (n [[Pakistan]] to [[Nepal]] and [[Sikkim]]); > to c [[India]] |
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| | + | Ficedula superciliaris aestigma [[Himalayas]] ([[Bhutan]] to se [[Tibet]], sw [[China]], [[Myanmar]] and n [[India]]) |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Hills and forests of oak, rhododendron, pine, fir, occasionally orchards. |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | The diet includes insects. |
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| | + | It builds a nest from fine moss with some strips of bark and fine grass, lined with hair and rootlets. 3 - 5, olive green to dull stone-buff, freckled all over with reddish brown eggs are laid. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Ultramarine+Flycatcher}} | + | {{GSearch|Ficedula+superciliaris}} |
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| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ficedula]] |
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- Ficedula superciliaris
Photo by
RakeshPhoto taken: Snhagad Valley, Pune,
India, January, 2009
Identification
10cm. Deep blue above, sides of head and neck, prominent white patch runs from centre of throat, through breast to belly.
Distribution
Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Winters in India.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Ficedula superciliaris superciliaris Himalayas (n Pakistan to Nepal and Sikkim); > to c India
Ficedula superciliaris aestigma Himalayas (Bhutan to se Tibet, sw China, Myanmar and n India)
Habitat
Hills and forests of oak, rhododendron, pine, fir, occasionally orchards.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
It builds a nest from fine moss with some strips of bark and fine grass, lined with hair and rootlets. 3 - 5, olive green to dull stone-buff, freckled all over with reddish brown eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
External Links
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