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Ultramarine Flycatcher
Latin Name:
Ficedula superciliaris
Category:
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.
IUCN:
National Status:
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