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Verditer Flycatcher

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

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Native Habitat

Forests

Diet

Insects

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Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

It 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.

Regional Names
  • Gujarati:
    પીરોજી માખીમાર
  • Hindi:
    मोरगला पतेना
  • Marathi:
    नीलांग, मोरकंठी लिटकुरी
  • Nepali:
    नीलतुथो अर्जुनक
  • Punjabi:
    ਨੀਲੀ ਟਿਕ ਟਿਕੀ
  • Sanskrit:
    मयूरग्रीव शलभाश
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
MUSCICAPIDAE
Eumyias thalassinus