Blue-and-white flycatcher
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cyanoptila |
| Species: | C. cyanomelana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temminck, 1829)
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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.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International. 2017. Cyanoptila cyanomelana (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103758039A111161222. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103758039A111161222.en. Downloaded on 28 May 2018.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.
External links[]
- Cyanoptila cyanomelana in Field Guide: Birds of the World on Flickr
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cyanoptila
- Birds of Manchuria
- Birds of Korea
- Birds of Japan
- Birds described in 1829
- Muscicapidae stubs