Blue-and-white flycatcher explained
The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of north eastern China and the Russian Far East. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. This species has been recorded as a vagrant from the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka in 2014.
Females spend more time and energy caring for young than males.[1] Males are, on average, larger than females.[2]
Blue-and-white flycatchers are most active in the morning.[3]
Diet
It feeds mainly on insects and larvae, but also eats berries,[4] including pokeweed.[5]
References
Notes and References
- Li, D.W., Zhao, W.G., Liu, P., Yu, D. and Chen, H., 2017. A study on the reproductive behavior of the Blue–and–white flycatcher in eastern Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang Anim. Sci. Vet. Med., 529: 229–233.
- Wang . Bin Liu, Libo . Xue . Dandan . Xu . Peng . An . Yuting . Lu . Changhu . 2021 . The Function of a Migration Corridor for a Passerine: A Case Study Based on Age and Gender of Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) . Pakistan Journal of Zoology . 53 . 5 . 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190620040649 . 0030-9923. free .
- Jeong . Young-Hun . Choi . Sung-Hwan . Banjade . Maniram . Jin . Seon-Deok . Park . Seon-Mi . Kunwar . Binod . Oh . Hong-Shik . 2024-02-26 . Spatiotemporal Niche Separation among Passeriformes in the Halla Mountain Wetland of Jeju, Republic of Korea: Insights from Camera Trap Data . Animals . 14 . 5 . 724 . 10.3390/ani14050724 . free . 38473109 . 10930397 . 2076-2615.
- Web site: Blue-and-white Flycatcher . 2024-04-21 . www.oiseaux-birds.com.
- Liu . Bin . Wang . Guohai . An . Yuting . Xue . Dandan . Wang . Libo . Lu . Changhu . 2021-06-22 . Similar seed dispersal systems by local frugivorous birds in native and alien plant species in a coastal seawall forest . PeerJ . 9 . e11672 . 10.7717/peerj.11672 . free . 34221739 . 8231312 . 2167-8359.