Verditer Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The verditer flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher. It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra. This species is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Eumyias