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[Oversea] Tickell's blue flycatcher

The second bird is a female Mangrove Blue Flycatcher; note the whitish lores and chin.

I think that the first is also a Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (but males are tricky). However the orange underparts are not as bright as I would expect on Tickell's Blue and the gradual transition to the white belly fits Mangrove Blue better (more abrupt in Tickell's Blue).

Great photos though - good photographs are often the best way to sort these tricky chaps out!

Best regards

Mike Leven

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