Ultramarine Flycatcher

Latin Name: 
Ficedula superciliaris
Size: 
10cm
Description: 

Male: deep blue above and sides of head, neck and breast, forming a broken breast-band; long white eyebrow; white in tail; white below. Female: dull-slaty above; grey-white below. The eastern race aestigma lacks white over eye and in tail. Solitary or in pairs; seen in mixed parties during winter; active, hunts in characteristic flycatcher style; rarely ventures into open.

Habitat: 
forests, groves, orchards, gardens
Food: 
insects
Distribution: 
breeds in Himalaya, 1,800– 3,200m; winters in N and C India, south to Karnataka and N Andhra Pradesh
Call: 
Call Description: 
faint tick…tick… in winter; a chrrr alarm note; three-syllabled song in the Himalaya.
National Status: