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Steel-blue Flycatcher (Myiagra ferrocyanea)

Steel-blue Flycatcher
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain — free for commercial reuse.

About the Steel-blue Flycatcher

The steel-blue flycatcher (Myiagra ferrocyanea) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Alternate names for the steel-blue flycatcher include Solomons flycatcher, Solomons Myiagra flycatcher, Solomons satin flycatcher and steel-blue Myiagra. Four subspecies are recognized: M. f. cinerea - (Mathews, 1928): Found on Bougainville Island and Buka Island M. f. ferrocyanea - Ramsay, 1879: Found on Santa Isabel Island, Choiseul Island and Guadalcanal M. f. feminina - Rothschild & Hartert, 1901: Originally described as a separate species. Found on New Georgia Islands M. f. malaitae - Mayr, 1931: Found on Malaita.

Source: Steel-blue flycatcher on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 40 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 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 Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

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