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Alternative names: Asian or Indian Verditer Flycatcher

Male : Ssp. thalassoides
Photo by makus
Genting, Pahang, Malaysia, September 2006
Eumyias thalassinus

Identification

16cm

  • 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.

Female
Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, February 2007

Taxonomy

This species was previously (erroneously) designated Eumyias thalassina.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • E. t. thalassinus:
  • E. t. thalassoides:

Habitat

Ssp.thalassinus; Male
Photo by Alok Tewari
Dalhousie (7000 ft. above MSL), Himachal Pradesh, India. Mar-2013

Broadleaved evergreen and montane rainforests up to a height of 2565m. Any well-wooded area.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BF Member observations
  4. Birdforum thread discussing id of Verditer vs Pale Blue Flycatcher

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