Pale Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)
About the Pale Blue Flycatcher
The pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Edward Blyth in 1843. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is superficially similar in appearance to the verditer flycatcher, but is paler blue, with greyish underparts from throat to vent, and a discontinuous black eye-patch. Both birds can often be found in the same locale.
No audio on this page yet
We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 135 recordings for this species: 25 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Fulvous-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis olivaceusrecording
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliaerecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.