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Author: mguy    Time: 17/03/2016 15:47     Subject: Blue & White Flycatcher - male - Lamma

TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
16th March 2016
D7100 300 F/4

Author: gary    Time: 18/03/2016 00:16

It looks a bit like Zappey's Flycatcher, which is separated with Blue-and-White Flycatcher by its blue upper breast.

A clear look of its upper breast would know what it is.

Gary
Author: ajohn    Time: 18/03/2016 10:11

For me, it looks like a Blue and White Flycatcher of the subspecies intermedia (the subspecies that breeds in mainland Asia rather than Japan). This has a blue wash on the breast which can suggest similarity to Zappey's (cumatilis). I would expect Zappey's to be paler and more turquoise-blue with fine black streaking, and with less extensive blackish in the face.

The paper splitting Zappey's contains more details about these taxa:
http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-c ... peys-Flycatcher.pdf
Author: mguy    Time: 18/03/2016 19:56

Unfortunately was the only pose it gave me... & hasn't been back since ... will keep an eye out for it




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