Slaty-blue Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Dave 2x
Doi Lang, Thailand, January 2015

Ficedula tricolor

Identification

12·5–13 cm

• Short bill
• Long tail
  

Male

• Dark blue head

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• F. t. tricolor:

• Himalayas (Kashmir to central Nepal)

• F. t. minuta:

• Himalayas (eastern Nepal to south-eastern Tibet) and north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh)

• F. t. cerviniventris:

• Northern India (Manipur Hills) to Myanmar (Chin Hills)

• F. t. diversa:

• Mountains of south-central China; winters to northern Indochina

Habitat

Breeds in shrubby hill areas, and sub-alpine bushes.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small insects, especially centipedes, midges, and beetles.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Slaty-blue Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slaty-blue_Flycatcher

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