Blue-and-White Flycatcher:
A male blue-and-white flycatcher, a small and striking migratory bird rarely seen in India, was recently spotted on Pavagadh Hills, Gujarat.
- It is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
- Scientific Name: Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- It is also known as the Japanese flycatch
- It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of northeastern China and the Russian Far East.
- It winters in Southeast Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra, and Borneo.
- It lives in wooded areas in lowlands and submontane forests such as taiga, wooded slopes, and gullies at up to 1200 metres of elevation.
- It can also be found in scrub, bushes, and plantations.
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN Red List: Least Concern
