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[[Image:Ultramarine_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Nandi Hills, Bangalore.]] | [[Image:Ultramarine_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Nandi Hills, Bangalore.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 10cm. Deep blue above, sides of head and neck, prominent white patch runs from centre of throat, through breast to belly. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Pakistan]], [[Kashmir]], [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Tibet]]. Winters in [[India]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Hills and forests of oak, rhododendron, pine, fir, occasionally orchards. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects. | ||
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| + | It builds a nest from fine moss with some strips of bark and fine grass, lined with hair and rootlets. 3 - 5, olive green to dull stone-buff, freckled all over with reddish brown eggs are laid. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Ultramarine+Flycatcher}} | {{GSearch|Ultramarine+Flycatcher}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:48, 7 July 2008
- Ficedula superciliaris
Identification
10cm. Deep blue above, sides of head and neck, prominent white patch runs from centre of throat, through breast to belly.
Distribution
Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Winters in India.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Hills and forests of oak, rhododendron, pine, fir, occasionally orchards.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
It builds a nest from fine moss with some strips of bark and fine grass, lined with hair and rootlets. 3 - 5, olive green to dull stone-buff, freckled all over with reddish brown eggs are laid.
