Malaysian blue flycatcher

The Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a brilliant blue upperparts, a pale orange throat and chest, and a white belly. A slightly paler female has a whitish throat, while a male’s is blue; the sexes are otherwise quite similar.

Malaysian blue flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. turcosus
Binomial name
Cyornis turcosus

The head is fairly uniformly blue, without boldly lighter or darker patches, unlike in many other “blue flycatchers”. Pale and restricted orange also serve as a helpful identifying feature. A lowland species, restricted to secluded riverine forests in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula but found in a variety of dry and wet forests on Borneo.[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, found in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cyornis turcosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22709566A111056737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22709566A111056737.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Malaysian Blue Flycatcher on eBird. Retrieved 2 October 2023.


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