Verditer Flycatcher

Latin Name: 
Eumyias thalassinus
Size: 
15cm
Description: 

Male: verditer-blue plumage, darker in wings and tail; black lores. Female: duller, more grey overall. The Nilgiri Flycatcher E. albicaudatus of W Ghats is darker blue with white in tail; the Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor (16cm) male is uniform blue, with white on belly; female is olive-brown. Solitary or in pairs in winter, sometimes with other birds; restless, flicking tail; swoops about, ever on the move, occasionally descending quite low; rather more noticeable than other flycatchers because of its continuous movement and habit of perching in open exposed positions, like a bare twig on a tree top.

Habitat: 
open forests, orchards.
Food: 
insects
Distribution: 
breeds in the Himalaya; 1,200–3,200m; winters in Indian plains, hill forests of C, E and S India.
Call: 
Call Description: 
silent in winter, save for a rare, faint chwe… call; rich, trilling notes and song during Himalayan summer.
National Status: