Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Photo: Tokumi Ohsaka · Public domain

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies

Blue-and-white Flycatcher

Cyanoptila cyanomelana

LCLeast Concern
Family
Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of north eastern China and the Russian Far East. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.