Indigo Flycatcher

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Indigo Flycatcher

Eumyias indigo

青仙鹟 (qīng xiān wēng)

    Malay : Sambar-Ranting Sunda

    Japanese : アイイロヒタキ (aiiro hitaki) / アイイロビタキ (aiiro bitaki)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 藍色鶲

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 2,700,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 14 cm

    

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Indigo Flycatcher (Rufous-vented) Eumyias indigo ruficrissa/cerviniventris

• Eumyias indigo ruficrissa (Salvadori, AT 1879, Mt. Singalan (= Singgalang), Sumatra)
  – Sumatra.
• Eumyias indigo cerviniventris (Sharpe, RB 1887, Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo)
  – N and C Borneo (Mt Kinabalu S to Mt Murud and Mt Menyapa).
  

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Indigo Flycatcher (Javan) Eumyias indigo indigo

• Eumyias indigo indigo (Horsfield, T 1821, Nil-nilan, Java)
  – Java.
  
  

Distribution Map

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 11 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Point, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan,
Daerah Penampang,  Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 11 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Point, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan,
Daerah Penampang,  Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 11 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Point, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan,
Daerah Penampang,  Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 09 November  2023

Location : Hill Lodge, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 18 February 2019

Location : Crocker Range National Park (Gunung Alab Substation), Daerah Penampang,
 Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 18 February 2019

Location : Crocker Range National Park (Gunung Alab Substation), Daerah Penampang,
 Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Eumyias indigo ssp. cerviniventris
Date : 11 February 2016

Location : Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah