Kalao Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis kalaoensis
A recently split species from Kalao island in Indonesia. Deep blue upperparts with slightly paler brow, black chin and sides to the face, orange belly, and white throat. Chest and base to the undertail are white in the male and washed orange in the female. Found in forest patches, edge and scrub where fairly inconspicuous but confiding. Unmistakable in range. Vocalizations are not well known.
Identification
The Kalao blue flycatcher (Cyornis kalaoensis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae that is endemic to the island of Kalao, Selayar Islands, South Sulawesi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. This flycatcher was formerly considered as a subspecies of the mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) but is now treated as a separate species based on its distinctive vocalization and plumage.
Taxonomy
Genus: Cyornis; Family: Muscicapidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cyornis kalaoensis
- Authority
- (Hartert, EJO, 1896)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cyornis
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Distribution
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