Mark the Mangroves are about 9 to 11 miles away..my patch does have a reminent of two or three mangroves trees...which have adepeted to the soggy edge of my patch because a old lilly filled drain..there may have been some mangrove area here may be 20yrs ago.regards--seen lot of flycatcher in my patch even a Mugemaki..which i had put up for I.D..some months ago...mangroves flycatcher..never..regards.Thank you.:t:
Hi Manjeet,
Thanks for the pm, and I will reply here. First I must say that your photographic skills are really improving - a fine series of shots!
Second, as for id, I also would favour Mangrove Blue, given your locality, especially as you mention that there were formerly mangroves in that area. Mangrove Blue does seem to hang around even quite degraded mangroves long after the other specialists have left. Are there Nypa palms in the area? They can survive in such areas.
The only other possibility in this kind of habitat is Tickell's Blue, which I think is pretty rare as far south as Klang, and maybe doesn't even get down that far, but is common in secondary scrub around Penang.
However, someone has mentioned the pale loral spot, which would be a point in favour of Mangrove Blue.
You know what you could do to make sure don't you? Go back and snap its Ma and Pa!
Cheers
Dave
PS
This link shows the pale loral patch too. Also, it may be my imagination but Mangrove Blue seems slightly heavier, blunter-billed than Tickells, and your bird has quite a chunky bill