Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis turcosus
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a brilliant blue upperparts, a pale orange throat and chest, and a white belly. A slightly paler female has a whitish throat, while a male's is blue; the sexes are otherwise quite similar.
The head is fairly uniformly blue, without boldly lighter or darker patches, unlike in many other "blue flycatchers".
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Malaysian blue flycatcher
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
