Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusCyanoptila (Blue-and-white and Zappey's Flycatchers)
- SpeciesCyanoptila cyanomelana (Blue-and-white Flycatcher)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis poliogenys
Small Niltava
Niltava macgrigoriae
Little Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula westermanni
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Black-backed Forktail
Enicurus immaculatus
Chinese Rubythroat
Calliope tschebaiewi
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue-and-white Flycatcher at Kaziranga National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Ba Be National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 11 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India |