Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris)

Other Names (World)
Ultramarine Flycatcher, White-browed Flycatcher, White-browed Blue-flycatcher

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
11.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jerdon, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris) [XC779858]
by id from Dadra and Nagar Haveli (near Dapada), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India (uncertain)

Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris) [XC547711]
by Andrew Spencer from Lidder Valley, left bank upstream from Lidderwat, Jammu and Kashmir, India (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies intergrade in central Himalayas (intermediates fairly frequent).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

superciliaris (Jerdon, 1840) - Breeds eastern Afghanistan east to central Himalayas. Non-breeding central and southern India.
aestigma (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) - Breeds central Himalayas east to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, eastern Meghalaya, Manipur) and south-central China (south-eastern Xizang east to south-western Sichuan and northern Yunnan). Non-breeding northern and eastern India, central and eastern Myanmar, north-western Thailand and southern China (southern Yunnan).

References
See References.

Files:

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