Ultramarine Flycatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ficedula sapphira
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Ultramarine Flycatcher is a small passerine with remarkable sexual dimorphism, even as juveniles (length 10 cm, weight 7.5 g, wing 6 cm, bill 1.3 cm, tarsus 1.6 cm, tail 4.5 cm approximately). The male looks deep blue from above and entirely white from below. Its neck and sides of the breast are blue, crown is bright blue and the base of blue tail is white. The female looks grey-brown from above and whitish from below. It has grey-patches on the sides of the breast and dark grey rump, uppertail-coverts and tail. It feeds chiefly on flying insects. It breeds in April-July.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus eunomus
(Black- (Dark‑) throated Thrush) -
Zoothera dauma
(Purple Cochoa) -
Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Ficedula albicilla
(Blue‑fronted Redstart) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Cyornis poliogenys
(Large Blue-flycatcher) -
Turdus boulboul
(Black‑breasted Thrush) -
Tarsiger indicus
(Slaty‑backed Forktail) -
Ficedula ruficauda
(Red-breasted Flycatcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Abhay Kewat (www.inaturalist.org/people/Abhay Kewat ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Sandeep Ramzmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Abhay Kewat (www.inaturalist.org/people/Abhay Kewat ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Sandeep Ramzmore information, please contact us.