Breeding male © Vincent Wang eBird S84314262 Macaulay Library ML 358192121
Nonbreeding male © Vincent Wang
Female © Vincent Wang
Male © Suhas P
Breeding male © Prasad Ganpule
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Female © Vincent Wang
Nonbreeding male © Snehasis Sinha

Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira

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Identification

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Breeding adult male is royal blue with a white belly and orange throat and chest. Brown female is dull and potentially confusing, but note pale orange throat, rufous uppertail, and overall small stout appearance. Non-breeding and immature males are similar to females, but have blue wings and back. Breeds in moist broadleaf evergreen montane forest; descends into open forest and forest edge in the winter. Forages at middle levels, often with mixed-species flocks. Song is a brief series of high thin notes followed by a clicking rattle.

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