The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a
migratorysongbird in the Old World flycatcher family
Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in
Japan,
Korea, and in parts of north eastern
China and the
Russian Far East. It winters in South East Asia, especially in
Vietnam,
Cambodia,
Thailand,
Sumatra and
Borneo. This species has been recorded as a vagrant from the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka in 2014.
Females spend more time and energy caring for young than males.[2] Males are, on average, larger than females.[3]
Blue-and-white flycatchers are most active in the morning.[4]
Diet
It feeds mainly on insects and larvae, but also eats berries,[5] including pokeweed.[6]
^Li, D.W., Zhao, W.G., Liu, P., Yu, D. and Chen, H., 2017. A study on the reproductive behavior of the Blue–and–white flycatcher in eastern Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang Anim. Sci. Vet. Med., 529: 229–233.