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[[Image:Bluecrestedflycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|joe+cockram|joe cockram}}<br />Taveuni, [[Fiji]], September 2006]]
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;[[:category:Myiagra|Myiagra]] azureocapilla
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==Identification==
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14cm<br />
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Bright orange bill<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Light blue crown
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*Slate-blue upperparts
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*White underparts
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*Deep chestnut chin and throat
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*Broad white tips ( c. 50 % ) to the underside of the tail<br />
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'''Female'''
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*Brown above
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*Grey cheeks
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*Blue crown
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==Distribution==
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[[Fiji]] (montane forests of Taveuni).
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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It was formerly considered conspecific with [[Chestnut-throated Flycatcher]].
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==Habitat==
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Moist montanes and lowland forest.
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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The diet includes insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker16V6.4}}#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Myiagra+azureocapilla}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[category:Myiagra]]
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{{GS-checked}}
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 12 May 2022

Photo by joe cockram
Taveuni, Fiji, September 2006
Myiagra azureocapilla

Identification

14cm
Bright orange bill
Male

  • Light blue crown
  • Slate-blue upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Deep chestnut chin and throat
  • Broad white tips ( c. 50 % ) to the underside of the tail

Female

  • Brown above
  • Grey cheeks
  • Blue crown

Distribution

Fiji (montane forests of Taveuni).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Chestnut-throated Flycatcher.

Habitat

Moist montanes and lowland forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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