Description:

Small to medium-sized, slim, short-billed, long-tailed forest flycatcher. Male has dark blue upperparts with brighter blue forehead, blue-black sides of head and breast contrasting with white/buff throat, and blue-black tail with white patches at base. Female has warm brown upperparts, and rufous uppertail-coverts and tail.

Distribution:

Rare summer visitor to extreme southern parts of Diamer and Astore districts. Breeds in subalpine shrub, forest edges and forest undergrowth at 2500-3300m; winters in forest undergrowth, dense bush-covered ravines, reedbeds and tall grass.

Behavior:

Actively forages and skulks low down in trees, shrubs and undergrowth, also on ground; watches from low perch and pounces on insects on ground. Almost horizontal stance; droops wings and often flicks tail over back. Food includes small invertebrates, in particular centipedes, midges and beetles etc.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Slaty-blue Flycatcher in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Slaty-blue Flycatcher

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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