Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)
Zappey's Flycatcher
Cyanoptila cumatilis
琉璃蓝鹟 (liú-lí lán-wēng)
Malay : Sambar-Berlau Rengkung Biru
Japanese : チョウセンオオルリ (chousen ō ruri)
Kanji 日語漢字 : 朝鮮大瑠璃 / 朝鮮大琉璃
Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 787,000km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 3,300,000km²
Kanji 日語漢字 : 朝鮮大瑠璃 / 朝鮮大琉璃
Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 787,000km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 3,300,000km²
Migratory Status : Full Migrant
Breeding Endemic : No
Breeding Endemic : No
Taxonomy update for 2014
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is split into two species,
following Leader and Carey (2012): Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana), which includes cyanomelana and a newly added subspecies,
intermedia; and Zappey’s Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis). Zappey’s Flycatcher
is quite rare and poorly known, so most eBird records were assumed to pertain
to Blue-and-white Flycatcher unless specifically noted as Zappey’s. If you have seen Zappey’s Flycatcher, or have seen breeding birds of this complex in the range of Zappey’s (central China from Shaanxi east to Beijing, and south to northwest Hubei), please do update your eBird records accordingly and be sure to add some notes
about how the identification was made. The wintering grounds and migration route
of Zappey’s remain poorly known, so records outside of the breeding season would
be of particular interest and it would be especially important to add documentation
on those records. :
following Leader and Carey (2012): Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana), which includes cyanomelana and a newly added subspecies,
intermedia; and Zappey’s Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis). Zappey’s Flycatcher
is quite rare and poorly known, so most eBird records were assumed to pertain
to Blue-and-white Flycatcher unless specifically noted as Zappey’s. If you have seen Zappey’s Flycatcher, or have seen breeding birds of this complex in the range of Zappey’s (central China from Shaanxi east to Beijing, and south to northwest Hubei), please do update your eBird records accordingly and be sure to add some notes
about how the identification was made. The wintering grounds and migration route
of Zappey’s remain poorly known, so records outside of the breeding season would
be of particular interest and it would be especially important to add documentation
on those records. :
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
- Zappey’s Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
- Zappey’s Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
Size : 16-17 cm, average 25 g
Subspecies and Distribution
- Monotypic. (Thayer and Bangs, 1909, Ma-fu-ling, 5500 feet [c. 1680 m], north-west Hubei, China)– C & EC China, from Beijing S to S Shaanxi and W Hubei, probably further W to N Sichuan; non-breeding S Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java, scarce in N Borneo.
Distribution Map
Date : 29 November 2021
Location : Penang Botanic Gardens, Georgetown, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang
Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Mukim Karangan, Daerah Kulim, KedahDate : 13 March 2016