Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
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Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis rubeculoides (Vigors, 1831)

≈13 cmLength14 gWeight

The male has a blue throat and an orange breast, sharply contrasting with the white belly and flanks.

Busiest months: April · Most records: India, Nepal, Bangladesh

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

  1. Male has a blue throat
  2. Male has an orange breast
  3. White belly and flanks, sharply demarcated

Male, female and young

Female has an olive head and upperparts, an indistinctly demarcated orange-cream breast, and a white belly.

Where and when it's recorded

Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher has been recorded at 197 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Rabindra SarovarIndia892 records
  2. GKVK CampusIndia630 records
  3. Thattekkad Bird SanctuaryIndia512 records
More places
  1. Rishi Valley – School CampusIndia384 records
  2. IIT MadrasIndia330 records
  3. SattalIndia237 records
  4. Sangla and AreaNepal226 records
  5. Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia199 records
  6. IISc BangaloreIndia191 records
  7. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – UrulanthanniIndia188 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaNepalBangladeshThailandBhutanPakistanMyanmar (Burma)China

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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 thicker forest than other species of flycatchers.

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Questions

How big is the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher?

The Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher is about ≈13 cm long and weighs around 14 g.

Where does the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Himalayas to Thailand. It is most often recorded in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

When is the best time to see the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in April (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher as Least Concern.

What does the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher in?

It belongs to the family Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
≈13 cm
Weight
14 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
66 mm
Tail
58 mm
Bill
14 mm
Tarsus
16 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: Himalayas to Thailand

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
Genus
Cyornis

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Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher

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