white-bellied blue flycatcher at thattekad, kerala, india

whitebellied blue flycatcher white-bellied cyornis pallidipes dainty habit flicking spreading tail sky-blue male’s pale belly distinguishes male nilgiri brown female gray head orange throat chest rufous lores dark irises give large-eyed appearance blue-throated lacks thattekad kerala india migration beautiful beak cute portrait exotic perched tropical flycatcher pallidipes blue flicking spreading tail sky-blue male belly female head throat chest lores irises large-eyed appearance blue-throated paler smaller bill weaker contrast back white-bellied dense foothill forests mixed-species flocks winter song high quiet series whistled slurred notes irregularly calls hard rattling bursts nature photographer hari gopalakrishnen