Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

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Photo by svenky1962
Nandi Hills, Bangalore, June 2006

Cyornis tickelliae

Identification

14cm
Male:

• Bright blue upperparts
• Red throat and breast
• White underparts
  

Female:

• Duller
• Less red on the breast
  

Juvenile:

• Scaly brown upperparts, head and breast
• Blue wings and tail

Distribution

Asia
Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by James Williams
Coorg, Karnataka, Southern India, May 2005

Subspecies^[1]

• C. t. tickelliae:

• India to south-weestern China (southern Yunnan), northern Myanmar and Bangladesh

• C. t. jerdoni:

• Sri Lanka

• C. t. sumatrensis:

• Southern peninsula Thailand to Malaysia and north-eastern Sumatra

• C. t. indochina:

• Southern Myanmar to Thailand and Indochina

• C. t. lamprus:

• Anambas Islands (South China Sea)

Habitat

Open dry forest, deciduous woods, scrub, coffee plantations, bamboo and gardens.

Behaviour

Breeding

It nests in a hole in a tree or amongst rocks and 3-5 eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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