Hill Blue Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Ayuwat J
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Cyornis whitei

Identification

Female
Photo © by MissNokHook
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, 18 January 2009

14–15·5 cm (5½-6 in)
Male

Blue upperparts
Orange breast
White belly

Distribution

Asia: China
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java

Taxonomy

Large Blue Flycatcher, Javan Blue Flycatcher, and Javan Blue Flycatcher were formerly considered subspecies of this species.

Subspecies

Transitional Male
Photo © by jaray
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

C. b. whitei:

North-eastern Myanmar to southern China, north-eastern Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam

C. b. lekhakuni:

Eastern plateau of Thailand

C. b. deignani:

South-eastern Thailand

C. b. coerulifrons:

Malay Peninsula (south of Isthmus of Kra)

Habitat

Primary and secondary broadleaved forests, maybe in gorges; also bamboo thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of small insects, such as flies, beetles and cockroaches.

Breeding

They construct an untidy cup nest from moss and plant fibres.

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hill Blue Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hill_Blue_Flycatcher

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