Species of Thailand
Zappey's flycatcher
Cyanoptila cumatilis
John Thayer & Outram Bangs, 1909
In Thai: นกจับแมลงสีฟ้าท้องขาว
Zappey's flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis) is a songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It breeds in central China and winters to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the blue-and-white flycatcher.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Passage migrant
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Mainly spring and autumn passage migrant
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cyanoptila
- Species
- Cyanoptila cumatilis
Common names
- Thai: นกจับแมลงสีฟ้าท้องขาว
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (BirdLife)
Near Threatened (ONEP)
Near Threatened (BCST)