Family Muscicapidae Higher classification Cyanoptila | Order Passeriformes Genus Cyanoptila Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Narcissus flycatcher, Bird, Siberian blue robin, Japanese robin, Red‑flanked bluetail | ||
Blue and white flycatcher male and female
The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of north eastern China and far eastern Russia. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. This species has been recorded as a vagrant from the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka in 2014.
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Blue and white flycatcher
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Blue-and-white flycatcher Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA