Dayak Blue-flycatcher

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

Dayak Blue-flycatcher

Cyornis montanus

婆罗洲蓝仙鹟 (pó-luó-zhōu lán-xiān-wēng)

    Malay : Sambar-Biru Bukit Timur

    Japanese : ダヤクヒメアオヒタキ

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 387,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

Taxonomy update for 2021

Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas is split into :

- Hill Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)

- Javan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)
- Dayak Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis montanus)

With this split, Javan Blue Flycatcher becomes a critically endangered
species given its rare and declining population on Java.

    Size : 14–15.5 cm, 14–17 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Robinson, HC; Kinnear, NB 1928)
  – Occurs on Borneo, where it ranges in the northern and north-central part of the island.

Distribution Map

Date : 22 September 2022

Location : Trus Madi Forest Reserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah