Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis glaucicomans

Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Status: Vagrant · Size: 14–15 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Breeds in western to central China; winters in the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

Identification

Male has dark blue upperparts, tail, and face, and electric blue flash on crown; orange upper breast and central throat contrast with indigo-blue outer throat, forming a notch when viewed from the front. Differs from Mangrove Blue Flycatcher in its white (not orange) belly, shorter tail, notch on throat. Female resembles female Mugimaki Flycatcher but has warmer brown upperparts, no wingbars, a rufescent tail, and larger, stronger bill.

Habitat

Dense undergrowth in forest; also bamboo, wooded gardens, parks and mangroves.

Behaviour

Spends most of its time in the mid-stratum and understorey.