White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
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| Cyornis pallipes (Jerdon, 1840) |
The White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis pallipes, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
This is an insectivorous species which breeds in the Western Ghats of southwest India.
The White-bellied Blue Flycatcher breeds in forest undergrowth and ravines. It nests on a rock ledge and lays four eggs.
The White-bellied Blue Flycatcher is 15cm long. It is an upright long-tailed flycatcher. The male has bright blue upperparts, head and breast, and the rest of the underparts are white.
Females are completely different, with brown upperparts, a grey head and red breast. The rest of their underparts are white.
Juvenile birds have brown upperparts, scaly on the head and breast, with just the belly being whitish.
Reference
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6