The blue-throated blue flycatcher (''Cyornis rubeculoides'') is a small

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in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It resembles '' Cyornis tickelliae'' but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers. The blue-throated flycatcher is found in much of the

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Description

Adult males have blue throats and orange breasts with a well defined white belly and flanks. Females have an olive head and upperparts with a poorly defined creamy-orange chest and a white belly.

Gallery

File:Blue throated flycatcher thattekadu.jpg, Male ''Cyornis rubeculoides rubeculoides'' from

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, covering an area of barely 25 km2, and located about 12 km from Kothamangalam (Kerala state, India), was the first bird sanctuary in Kerala. Salim Ali, one of the best known ornithologists, described t ...

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References

Cyornis, blue-throated blue flycatcher Birds of Bhutan Birds of Nepal Birds of Southeast Asia

blue-throated blue flycatcher The blue-throated blue flycatcher (''Cyornis rubeculoides'') is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It resembles '' Cyornis tickelliae'' but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicke ...

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