BirdNET+ Taxonomy

v0.1-Mar2026

← Back to browse

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
brian fisher (cc-by-nc-sa)

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis turcosus
BirdNET IDBN03682
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations352
Image sourceiNaturalist
/taxonomy/api/species/Cyornis%20turcosus
Loading…

Description wikipedia

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". Pale and restricted orange also serve as a helpful identifying feature. A lowland species, restricted to secluded riverine forests in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula but found in a variety of dry and wet forests on Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, found in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. It is threatened by habitat loss. The bird is well known as 'Burung Sambar Biru' in Malaysia.

Translated Descriptions (5)

es wikipedia
El papamoscas malayo (Cyornis turcosus)​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Muscicapidae propia de Sumatra, Borneo y la península malaya.
fr wikipedia
Le Gobemouche malais (Cyornis turcosus) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Muscicapidae. Cet oiseau mesure 14-15 cm. Son aire s'étend à travers la péninsule Malaise, Sumatra et Bornéo.
nl wikipedia
De Maleise niltava (Cyornis turcosus) is een zangvogel uit de familie Muscicapidae (vliegenvangers). De soort werd in 1838 al afgebeeld en door Temminck beschreven maar de beschrijving van Friedrich Brüggemann in 1877 voldeed aan de normen van een wetenschappelijke beschrijving die sterk gelijkende soorten uitsloot.
pt wikipedia
Papa-moscas-malaio ou papa-moscas-azul-malaio (Cyornis turcosus) é uma espécie de ave da família Muscicapidae. Pode ser encontrada nos seguintes países: Brunei, Indonésia, Malásia e Tailândia. Os seus habitats naturais são: florestas subtropicais ou tropicais húmidas de baixa altitude. Está ameaçada por perda de habitat.
sv wikipedia
För fågelarten Anthipes solitaris, se rostbrynad flugsnappare. Malajflugsnappare (Cyornis turcosus) är en fågel i familjen flugsnappare inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (36 locales)

bg Малайска синя мухоловка
ca papamosques de Malàisia
cs lejsek malajský
cy Niltafa Malaysia
da Malay Niltava
de Malaienblauschnäpper
en Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
eo Malajzia blua muŝkaptulo
es Papamoscas Malayo
es_EC Papamoscas Malayo
es_ES Papamoscas malayo
es_MX Papamoscas Malayo
et jõgi-sininäpp
fa مگسگیر آبی مالزی
fi turkoosikurkkusieppo
fr Gobemouche malais
hr kobaltastoleđa muharica
id Sikatan Melayu
ja マレーシアヒメアオヒタキ
lt Malaizinė mėlynoji musinukė
ms Sambar biru kecil Melayu
nl Maleise niltava
no blåstrupefluesnapper
nv Tsintah dǫ́ʼiiyiyiitsahí dootłʼizhígíí
pl dżunglówka mała
pt malaysian blue flycatcher
pt_PT Malaysian blue flycatcher
ru Малайская нильтава
sk niltava modrohrdlá
sr Malezijska plava muharica
sv malajflugsnappare
ta மலேசிய நீல ஈப்பிடிப்பான்
th "นกจับแมลงคอสีฟ้าสด, นกจับแมลงป่าพรุ"
tr Küçük Mavi Sinekkapan
uk Нільтава блакитногорла
zh-CN 马来仙鹟

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#12846
eBirdmabfly1
Macaulay Librarymabfly1
Xeno-CantoCyornis turcosus
GBIF2492436
NCBI1591020
AvibaseCyornis-turcosus
BirdLife22709566