Matinan Blue Flycatcher

Eumyias sanfordi (Stresemann, 1931)

Matinan Blue Flycatcher, Eumyias sanfordi, is a passerine of montane northern Sulawesi in Australasia, where it breeds in the mountains of the Minahasa Peninsula. It belongs to the Muscicapidae family and is confined to the island of Sulawesi. It is a small, unobtrusive bird with a broad-based bill and a large dark eye. The head and upperparts are greyish-brown, with a greyer crown, darker sides of the head and wings, and more olivaceous rump and tail. The underparts are pale brownish-grey, with yellowish buff around the vent.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Australasia: montane n Sulawesi