Bornean Blue Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by petersheikhli
Kinabantangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, June 2006

Cyornis superbus

Identification

15 cm (6 in)
Male

• Bright blue upperparts
  • darker on upper wing and facial mask
• Orange-rufous breast and flanks

Female

• Brown upperparts
• Rufous rump
• Pale eye-ring
• Rufous-buff underparts

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in the montane forests of Borneo.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Lowland and montane rainforest. Jungle. Usually between 600-1600 m.

Behaviour

Diet

They flycatch from a perch and also by hovering. Actual prey is not known.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. BirdForum Member observations
3. Clement, P. (2020). Bornean Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis superbus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bobfly2.01

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bornean Blue Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bornean_Blue_Flycatcher

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