Hill Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis whitei Harington, 1908

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Hill Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis whitei, is a bird of the Muscicapidae family found in the Oriental Region from northern and eastern Myanmar to southern China, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. It also occurs in southern China, north-eastern India and Southeast Asia. Harington described it in 1908. It was once regarded as part of Cyornis banyumas, but molecular studies showed it to be separate.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Breeding range
Oriental Region: n, e Myanmar to sc China, Thailand and Malay Pen.
Hill Blue Flycatcher
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