Indian Blue Robin

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has blue upperparts and chestnut underparts
2. Bright white supercilium contrasts with a black face mask extending to the neck
3. Whitish lower belly and area beneath the tail

Male, female and young

Female has olive-brown upperparts, buff underparts, a pale eye-ring, and a chestnut-brown rump; juvenile is dark brown with buff spots.

Voice

Song is an abrupt, sharp series of whistles ending in rapid notes; gives low, sharp clicks when alarmed.

Where and when it's recorded

Indian Blue Robin has been recorded at 168 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Nandi HillsIndia1,430 records
2. GKVK CampusIndia615 records
3. Victoria ParkSri Lanka452 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaSri LankaChinaNepalBhutanBangladeshMyanmar (Burma)

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 Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea) is a small bird found in the Indian subcontinent. Formerly considered a thrush, it is now considered one of the Old World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae. It was earlier also called the Indian blue chat.

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