Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Br�ggemann, 1877

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves, dry forest. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Thailand (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss is the main threat. The use of secondary forest and brushwood of abandoned plantations implies that it is not immmediately threatened.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) [XC150995]
by Mike Nelson from Tenegang tributary, Lower Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) [XC735337]
by id from Todeng, Su-ngai Padi District, Narathiwat, Thailand (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies rupatensis poorly differentiated (and degree of violet tinge on upperparts of male possibly an unreliable character, as individually variable).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

rupatensis Br�ggemann, 1877 - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and western Borneo.
turcosus Br�ggemann, 1877 - Eastern Borneo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) - 10 files

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