Sapphire Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

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Ficedula sapphira

Identification

11cm

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh and Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• F. s. sapphira:

• Himalayas (eastern Nepal to south-eastern Tibet, south-western China and north-eastern India)

• F. s. tienchuanensis:

• Mountains of west-central China (Sichuan to southern Shaanxi)

• F. s. laotiana:

• Mountains of north-western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam

Habitat

Moist montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

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

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