Pale-chinned Flycatcher
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Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies

Pale-chinned Flycatcher

Cyornis poliogenys

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

Overview

The pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has also been known in the past as pale-chinned blue flycatcher (on the IOC World Bird List up to 2023), and Brook's flycatcher.
It is a medium-sized flycatcher, 15.5–18 cm (6.1–7.1 in) long. Both sexes are similar, dull bluish-grey on upper parts, and with a rufous chest, a whitish throat, and white below; the males lack the intense blue colours shown by many of the other mainland Asian species in the genus Cyornis.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.