Wildlifeof Bhutan
Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher
Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers
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Cyornis rubeculoides
Basic stats
Habitat
Thicker forest than other flycatchers
Range
Much of the Indian subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, east to Bangladesh and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar
The blue-throated blue flycatcher is a small flycatcher resembling Tickell's blue flycatcher but easily separated by the blue throat. Its habitat is thicker forest than that of other flycatchers. It is found in much of the Indian subcontinent and all through the Himalayas, in the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, and east into Bangladesh and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar (Wikipedia, general species account).
Adult males have blue throats and orange breasts with a well-defined white belly and flanks, while females have an olive head and upperparts with a poorly defined creamy-orange chest and a white belly. The source read gives no size, diet or breeding information, so none is stated.
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher live in?
- Thicker forest than other flycatchers
- Where is the Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher found?
- Much of the Indian subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, east to Bangladesh and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar