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Nominate subspecies male
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Ranikhet, Alt. 6800 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 9 April, 2019

Ficedula superciliaris

Identification

10cm

• Deep blue upperparts, sides of head and neck
• A noticeable white patch runs from centre of throat, through breast to belly

Distribution

Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Winters in India.

Taxonomy

Male Juvenile
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India, July 2012 7000 ft. above MSL

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• F. s. superciliaris:

• Himalayas (northern Pakistan to Nepal and Sikkim); winters to central India

• F. s. aestigma:

• Himalayas (Bhutan to south-eastern Tibet, south-western China, Myanmar and northern India)

Habitat

Hills and forests of oak, rhododendron, pine, fir, occasionally orchards.

Behaviour

Female Juvenile
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India, July 2012 7000 ft. above MSL

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

It builds a nest from fine moss with some strips of bark and fine grass, lined with hair and rootlets. The 3 - 5 eggs are olive-green to dull stone-buff, freckled all over with reddish brown.

References

1. 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.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Ultramarine Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 March 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Ultramarine_Flycatcher

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