Cyornis sumatrensis
The Indochinese Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis) is a captivating passerine of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae), renowned for its vibrant plumage and animated behavior. Males are exceptionally striking, exhibiting brilliant cobalt-blue upperparts, head, and throat, contrasting sharply with immaculate white underparts and a dark lore mask that extends to the eye. Females, while more subtly colored, are readily identifiable by their brownish-olive upperparts, a warm rusty-buf...
Primarily inhabits evergreen and mixed deciduous forests, forest edges, secondary growth, and bamboo thickets, typically found from lowlands up to elevations of around 1,500 meters.
Feeds predominantly on small invertebrates, including various insects such as flies, beetles, ants, and caterpillars, captured through aerial sallies or gleaned from vegetation.
The Indochinese Blue Flycatcher is a highly active, mostly solitary or paired diurnal bird, frequently observed perched upright on a low branch, constantly flicking its wings and tail. Foraging involves classic aerial flycatching, sallying from a vantage point to snatch insects in mid-air, but it...
The Indochinese Blue Flycatcher is a resident species distributed extensively across mainland Southeast Asia and parts of the Greater Sundas. Its year-round breeding range spans southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, extending southward through Peninsular Malaysia, and encompass...
Least Concern
- The male Indochinese Blue Flycatcher's plumage is so brilliantly colored that it often appears to glow in the dim light of its forest understory habitat, a truly mesmerizing sight. - Despite its name, the genus *Cyornis* includes a diverse array of species with varying shades of blue, and even ...