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Cyornis tickelliae
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher is about 11–12 cm long. It sits upright and forages mainly in the overgrowth. The male's upper parts are bright blue, its throat and breast are red, and the rest of the underparts are white. The female is duller blue with a brighter blue brow, shoulder, rump, and tail. The juvenile is streaked and has a spotted mantle, scaly brown upperparts, head and breast, with just the wings and tail being blue.
Seen at Madhav National Park.
Spotted on Jul 13, 2013
Submitted on Jul 16, 2013
19 Comments
Thank you for your kind words Jemma :-)
great colors and lovely pic!!
Thanks rams4d!
Nice shot !!!
Thanks Sachin, Mac and Jemma for your encouraging words :-)
lovely
Nice Pic Satyen
Very Nicely Captured, Lovely bird with wonderful colors,
Thank you Adarsha!
Fantastic spotting :)
Thank you micam and sofi!
Thanks Atul, Debbie, bherath and Daniele!
What a beauty!
very nice spotting
Beautiful shot of a very pretty little bird Satyen!
Excellent !
Thank you vivianpoma and Ali! This was on my wish list since a long time. Glad to have a good pic :-)
So Cute!
so cute picture!