Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)

Other Names (World)
Sapphire Flycatcher, Sapphire-headed Flycatcher

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
11 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) [XC612357]
by Ding Li Yong from Doi Lang West Slope, Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)

Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) [XC19356]
by Sandeep Ramz from East Assam, India (song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

sapphira (Blyth, 1843) - Eastern Himalayas from eastern Nepal east to southern China (south-eastern Xizang east to Sichuan and northern Yunnan), north-eastern India (south to southern Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram) and northern Myanmar.
laotiana (Delacour & Greenway, 1939) - Southern China (western Yunnan), northern and central Laos and north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin). Non-breeding also north-western Thailand.
tienchuanensis Cheng, 1964 - North-central China (southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi and west-central and southern Sichuan).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira) - 10 files

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