Sapphire Flycatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ficedula strophiata
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Sapphire Flycatcher is a small passerine with noticeable sexual dimorphism (length 12 cm, weight 7.8 g, wing 6 cm, bill 1.3 cm, tarsus 1.7 cm, tail 4.7 cm approximately). The dominant colour of an adult male is blue. It has shiny-blue crown, rump and uppertail-coverts, bright blue nape, head edges, neck and lower rump and deep purplish-blue on the sides of the head and back. Its throat is orange and the belly and undertail-covert are white. It has a black line through the lore to the eye. The female looks olive-brown from above and whitish-fulvous from below. It has rufous uppertail-coverts and tail. Its chin, throat and breast are orange-rufous. It feeds mainly on flying insects. It breeds in April-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Eumyias thalassinus
(Pale Blue-flycatcher) -
Turdus atrogularis
(Rufous-throated Thrush) -
Phoenicurus frontalis
(White‑capped Water-redstart) -
Niltava sundara
(Small Niltava) -
Luscinia svecica
(Firethroat) -
Calliope pectardens
(Siberian Rubythroat) -
Muscicapa dauurica
(Spotted Flycatcher) -
Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Larvivora cyane
(Bluethroat) -
Ficedula erithacus
(Slaty-blue 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: markus lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Niels Poul Dreyermore 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: markus lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Niels Poul Dreyermore information, please contact us.