Alternative name: Brook's Niltava; Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher
- Cyornis poliogenys
Identification
Distribution
Himalayas and north-east India to southwest China.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- C. p. poliogenys: Himalayas (central Nepal to northeast India, Bhutan and western Myanmar)
- C. p. cachariensis: eastern Himalayas (Assam) to northwest Myanmar and southern China(northwest Yunnan)
- C. p. laurentei: southwest China (southeast Yunnan)
- C. p. vernayi: eastern India (Eastern Ghats from northern Orissa to Andhra Pradesh)
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
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/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Pale-chinned Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pale-chinned_Flycatcher
External Links
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