Slaty-blue Flycatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ficedula erithacus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest, Haors
Description : The Slaty-blue Flycatcher is a small passerine with remarkable sexual dimorphism ((length 10 cm, weight: 9 g in male and 7.5 g in female, wing 8.7 cm, bill 1.3 cm, tarsus 1.8 cm, tail 5 cm approximately). The adult male looks dark blue from above and white from below. It has bright blue forehead, black-blue edges of the head and dark blue tail with white sides at the base. The adult female looks olive-brown from above and brownish-buff from below. It has white throat and rufous-brown uppertail-covert and tail. It feeds only on insects and often takes short sallies after these. It breeds in May-July
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Muscicapa striata
(Rufous‑bellied Niltava) -
Cyornis banyumas
(Tickell's Blue-flycatcher) -
Turdus dissimilis
(Tickell's Thrush) -
Ficedula sapphira
(Ultramarine Flycatcher) -
Turdus boulboul
(Black‑breasted Thrush) -
Zoothera monticola
(Scaly Thrush) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Myophonus caeruleus
(Slaty-backed Flycatcher) -
Turdus albocinctus
(Dusky Thrush) -
Ficedula parva
(Red-throated (Taiga) 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: robbythai(www.inaturalist.org/people/robbythai),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more 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: robbythai(www.inaturalist.org/people/robbythai),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.