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Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tickell's niltava, Cyornis tickelliae
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Cyornis tickelliae
- taxon name
- Cyornis tickelliae
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- Cyornis tickelliae
- litter size
- 3.5
- taxon common name
- papa-moscas-azul-indiano
- short name
- C. tickelliae
- taxon author citation
- Blyth, 1843
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Encyclopedic overview
Tickell's blue flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical Asia, from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Bangladesh and western Myanmar. The Indochinese blue flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific. They are blue on the upperparts and the throat and breast are rufous. They are found in dense scrub to forest habitats. The name commemorates the wife of the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tickell's Blue Flycatcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.