Slaty-blue Flycatcher
Ficedula tricolor
灰蓝姬鹟
Introduction
A species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Native to the Himalayas, central China, Yunnan, and northern Indochina. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. A single sight was recorded from Sigiriya, Sri Lanka in February 1993.
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in the Himalayas from northern India and Nepal through Bhutan to southern China (Yunnan), and extends into northern Indochina. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. A single vagrant sighting was recorded from Sigiriya, Sri Lanka in February 1993.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Ficedula
- eBird Code
- slbfly2
Subspecies (4)
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Ficedula tricolor cerviniventris
northern India (Manipur Hills) to Myanmar (Chin Hills)
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Ficedula tricolor diversa
mountains of south-central China; winters to northern Indochina
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Ficedula tricolor minuta
Himalayas (eastern Nepal to southeastern Tibet) and northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh)
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Ficedula tricolor tricolor
Himalayas (Kashmir to central Nepal)
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.