Hill blue flycatcher

Hill blue flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Cyornis
Species:	C. whitei
Binomial name
Cyornis whitei Harington, 1908

female

The hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in southern China, northeastern India ^[2] and Southeast Asia.

Female

It was treated as a subspecies of Cyornis banyumas before molecular phylogenetic studies found them to be distinct. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International. (2022). "Cyornis whitei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T216915109A217198858. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T216915109A217198858.en . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
2. Baruah, P.; Dalvi, S.; Hatibaruah, B. (2018). "Notes on field identification, vocalisation, status, and distribution of Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris and Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas whitei in north-eastern India" (PDF). Indian Birds. 14 (4): 102–108.
3. Zhang, Zhen; Wang, Xiaoyang; Huang, Yuan; Olsson, Urban; Martinez, Jonathan; Alström, Per; Lei, Fumin (2016). "Unexpected divergence and lack of divergence revealed in continental Asian Cyornis flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt A): 232–241. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.024. PMID   26358612.

Hill blue flycatcher