Blue-and-white flycatcher

Blue-and-white flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyanoptila
Species:
C. cyanomelana
Binomial name
Cyanoptila cyanomelana
(Temminck, 1829)

The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of north eastern China and the Russian Far East. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. This species has been recorded as a vagrant from the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka in 2014.

Females spend more time and energy caring for young than males.[2] Males are, on average, larger than females.[3]

Blue-and-white flycatchers are most active in the morning.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Cyanoptila cyanomelana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103758039A111161222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103758039A111161222.en. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ^ Li, D.W., Zhao, W.G., Liu, P., Yu, D. and Chen, H., 2017. A study on the reproductive behavior of the Blue–and–white flycatcher in eastern Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang Anim. Sci. Vet. Med., 529: 229–233.
  3. ^ Wang, Bin Liu, Libo; Xue, Dandan; Xu, Peng; An, Yuting; Lu, Changhu (2021). "The Function of a Migration Corridor for a Passerine: A Case Study Based on Age and Gender of Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 53 (5). doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20190620040649. ISSN 0030-9923.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Jeong, Young-Hun; Choi, Sung-Hwan; Banjade, Maniram; Jin, Seon-Deok; Park, Seon-Mi; Kunwar, Binod; Oh, Hong-Shik (2024-02-26). "Spatiotemporal Niche Separation among Passeriformes in the Halla Mountain Wetland of Jeju, Republic of Korea: Insights from Camera Trap Data". Animals. 14 (5): 724. doi:10.3390/ani14050724. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 10930397. PMID 38473109.