Indigo Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by darwin1601
Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, October 2018

Eumyias indigo

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by Karim Madoya
Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia, August 2007

14 cm (5½ in)

• Black mask
• Pale blue upper forehead
• Blue head, breast and upperparts
• White lower belly
• Buffish vent

Distribution

Endemic to Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• E. i. ruficrissa:

• High montane forests of Sumatra

• E. i. indigo:

• High montane forests of Java

• E. i. cerviniventris:

• High montane forests of Borneo

Habitat

Montane primary and moss forests, generally between 900 and 3000 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of small invertebrates such as beetles; also fruit and some vegetable matter.

Breeding

Their small cup nest is constructed from moss, grass and rootlets.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Indigo Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Indigo_Flycatcher

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