Verditer flycatcher

Verditer flycatcher
Adult at Eaglenest WLS Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Eumyias
Species:	E. thalassinus
Binomial name
Eumyias thalassinus (Swainson, 1838)
Synonyms
Stoparola melanops Eumyias thalassina

The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher widespread in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue. They are also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and perching on electric wires or exposed tree top branches.

This species was earlier placed in the genus Muscicapa and it has been suggested that it is closer to the Niltava flycatchers.

Gallery

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  Adult at IISc Bangalore, India
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  At Kalatope wildlife sanctuary dalhousie, himachal pradesh
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  Juvenile at IISc Bangalore, India
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  Adult at IISc Bangalore, India
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  At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
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  At Dandeli, Karnataka, India
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  At Sattal
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  At Sattal