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Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher

திக்கெல் நீல ஈப்பிடிப்பான்

Cyornis tickelliae

Least concern

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
Shantanu Kuveskar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

Tickell's blue flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical Asia, from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Bangladesh and western Myanmar. The Indochinese blue flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific. They are blue on the upperparts and the throat and breast are rufous. They are found in dense scrub to forest habitats. The name commemorates the wife of the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Tickell's blue flycatcher — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): திக்கெல் நீல ஈப்பிடிப்பான் — CC BY-SA 4.0