Species profile
Large Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis magnirostris
Quick answer
breeds eastern Himalayas (northeastern India and Bhutan) to northern Myanmar; winters southern Myanmar and Thai-Malay Peninsula
- Scientific name
- Cyornis magnirostris
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Cyornis
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Related species in Muscicapidae
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher (Dioptrornis chocolatinus)
- Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- African Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata)
- African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor)
- African stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Ala Shan Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)