Verditer flycatcher
| Verditer flycatcher | |
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| Adult at Eaglenest WLS Arunachal Pradesh, India. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Eumyias |
| Species: | E. thalassinus |
| Binomial name | |
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Eumyias thalassinus (Swainson, 1838) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Stoparola melanops |
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Stoparola melanops
Eumyias thalassina
The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra. This species is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue.
The verditer flycatcher is also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and perching on electric wires or exposed tree top branches.
This species was earlier placed in the genus Muscicapa and it has been suggested that it is closer to the Niltava flycatchers.
Adult at IISc Bangalore, India
At Kalatope wildlife sanctuary dalhousie, himachal pradesh
Juvenile at IISc Bangalore, India
Adult at IISc Bangalore, India
At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
At Dandeli, Karnataka, India
At Sattal
At Sattal
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