Mangrove blue flycatcher

Mangrove blue flycatcher
	Male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Cyornis
Species:	C. rufigastra
Binomial name
	Cyornis rufigastra; (Raffles, 1822)

Last updated October 05, 2025

The mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.^[1] Clements splits the Kalao blue flycatcher, Cyornis kalaoensis into a distinct species. The IOC still lists it as a subspecies of the mangrove blue flycatcher.

References

1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Cyornis rufigastra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103762260A94215225. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103762260A94215225.en . Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Cyornis rufigastra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103762260A94215225. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103762260A94215225.en . Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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