Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) - HBW 11, p. 147
French: Gobemouche bleu
German: Blauschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Azul
Other common names: Japanese Flycatcher (cyanomelana)
Taxonomy: Muscicapa cyanomelana Temminck, 1829, Japan.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cumatilis Thayer & Bangs, 1909 - breeds NE China (Manchuria S to Hebei), SE Russia (S Ussuriland) and N Korea; non-breeding Laos and Vietnam, Greater Sundas and Philippines (Luzon, Palawan).
- cyanomelana (Temminck, 1829) - breeds S Kuril Is, Japan and S Korea; non-breeding Taiwan, SE China (Hainan), Indochina, Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Palawan, Balabac and Bongao) and Borneo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male spring & summer resident bird on branch hunting for insects Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp cyanomelana)
Charles McHugh 21 April 2010 3 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening on a branch Locality Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp cyanomelana)
Ron Hoff 14 February 2007 6 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
Juvenile bird on dead branch, regurgitating white seeds Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 24 September 2009 3 years ago 41 sec 4 -
An immature male in a tree and flying away Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 4 years ago 27 sec 3.9 -
A male singing on a tree top, then flying away. Locality Ussuriysk Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp cumatilis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 June 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
male bird attraction call from high branch Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 25 April 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 42 sec 3.6
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female
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea
AurélienAudevard 24 April 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
adult male
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollan Province, South Korea (ssp cyanomelana)
AurélienAudevard 24 April 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
a subadult male standing on a Vegetable
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp cumatilis)
Zhou Huaming 4 November 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Young bird, taken at Taipei Botanical Garden.
Locality Taiwan
alder 4 October 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Immature male taken in Heuksan Do Island
Locality South Korea
AurélienAudevard 24 April 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
white-and-blue fc
Locality Suan Luang Rama IX, Phrawet District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
p.supat 10 October 2011 1 year ago 4.2
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A male singing.
Locality Ussuriysk Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp cumatilis)
Josep del Hoyo 5 June 2009 3 years ago 4.5
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