Large Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis magnirostris Blyth, 1849

≈14 cmLength14 gWeight

The adult male has a blue head and wings, with an orange-red wash on the throat.

Busiest months: November–December · Most records: Thailand, Cambodia

Near Threatened

How to identify

Field marks

Adult male has a pale blue forehead
Adult male has black cheeks and a deep blue crown
Adult male has an orange-red throat and chin
Adult male has deep blue wings and tail with a slight purplish tinge

Male, female and young

Adult female has a grayish crown and upperparts, with reddish-brown washes on the rump, tail, and wing edges.

Voice

Short, clear, high-pitched whistles.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November–December · Most records: Thailand, Cambodia

Large Blue Flycatcher has been recorded at 14 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Sri Phang-nga NPThailand71 records
Teochew CemeteryThailand71 records
Department of Public RelationsThailand35 records

More places

Sri Phang-nga NP – headquarters vicinityThailand24 records
Rot Fai ParkThailand22 records
Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand21 records
Rot Fai, Queen Sirikit & Chatuchak ParksThailand8 records
H.M. Queen Sirikit ParkThailand8 records
Phutthamonthon ParkThailand6 records
Man Nai IslandThailand5 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Thailand Cambodia

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 large blue flycatcher (Cyornis magnirostris) is a medium-sized bird species characterized by distinctive sexual dimorphism along with most others of the Flycatcher family. This species of bird is in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in the eastern Himalayas, from Nepal to Bangladesh.

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