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Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis tickelliae

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Description:

a strikingly bright colored flycatcher , with a bright blue coat and a yellow/orange Brest.

Habitat:

usually found in forests and heavily shaded habitats but also a common sight in home gardens. is a Common breeding resident in srilanka

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Comments (13)
SachindraUmesh
thanks for sharing that Chamalka Dulmini. This is another guy that goes hunting with the tailor birds =)
Chamalka Dulmini
nice spotting sachindra the female is duller with lighter orange throat but male has rich orange think ur one is male flycatcher.

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Mission
The Color Blue
Mission
Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
Photographed
PublishedOctober 31, 2013

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