Scientific Name: Cyornis rufigastra
Malay Name: Sambar-Biru Bakau
Chinese Name: 红树仙鹟
Range: Found from the Thai-Malay Peninsula to Indonesia and the Philippines.
Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: rufigastra, longipennis, rhizophorae, karimatensis, simplex, marinduquensis, philippinensis, mindorensis.
Local Subspecies: rufigastra
Size: 14.5 cm
Identification: Male has all blue upperparts, deep orange-rufous throat to upper belly and rest of underparts whitish. Female looks like male but has whitish face marks.
Similar looking species: Chinese Blue Flycatcher
Habitat: Mangroves.
Behaviour/Ecology: Sallies for flying insects from shaded perches. Nests in the rotted-out hollow top of nipah palm frond-base.
Local Status: Very rare resident
Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)
- Local extinctions of Singapore birds (Science)
- FLY201: An overview of brown flycatchers in Muscicapidae (ID Articles)
Featured reports: Mar 2022, Dec 2023, Jan 2024, Feb 2024, Apr 2024
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page
Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link
Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link
eBird Species page: eBird (Mangrove Blue Flycatcher)
References:
BirdLife International. (2016). Cyornis rufigastra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103762260A94215225.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023
Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
Wells, D. R. (1999). The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula (Vol. 1). Academic Press, London.
RECOMMENDED CITATION
Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Mangrove Blue Flycatcher. Retrieved on December 5, 2024 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/mangrove-blue-flycatcher.