{"id":59450,"date":"2022-04-20T05:41:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=59450"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T08:49:08","slug":"blue-flycatcher-for-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2022\/04\/20\/blue-flycatcher-for-id\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blue\u2019 Flycatcher for ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2022\/04\/20\/blue-flycatcher-for-id\/flycatcherb-for-id-amarsingh-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59451\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59451\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FlycatcherB-for-ID-AmarSingh-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw this \u2018blue\u2019 Flycatcher calling high in the jungle canopy. There were two birds but I only imaged one (above, below). Images are not great but it is most likely the Verditer Flycatcher (<em>Eumyias thalassinus thalassoides<\/em>) but I could not see the \u2018diagnostic\u2019 patterned lower tail-coverts well. I am careful not confuse it with the Pale Blue-flycatcher (<em>Cyornis unicolor cyanopolia<\/em>) which has shorter tail, longer hooked beak and brown plumage in the female.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-59450-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-FC-calls-5-Kledang-Sayong-Forest-Reserve-Ipoh-Perak-Malaysia-7th-October-2019.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-FC-calls-5-Kledang-Sayong-Forest-Reserve-Ipoh-Perak-Malaysia-7th-October-2019.mp3\">https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-FC-calls-5-Kledang-Sayong-Forest-Reserve-Ipoh-Perak-Malaysia-7th-October-2019.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Above is an audio recording of the calls and below a sonogram and waveform (ignore upper bar in sonogram which is due to rushing stream). HBW (2019) describes calls as a \u201cshort and plaintive \u2018pseeut\u2019\u201d which sound like what I heard.<br \/>\nAppreciate any opinions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2022\/04\/20\/blue-flycatcher-for-id\/flycatcherb-for-id-amarsingh-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59453\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59453\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FlycatcherB-for-ID-AmarSingh-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/03\/11\/dato%E2%80%99-dr-amar-singh-hss-%E2%80%93-birdwatcher-extraordinarie\/\">Dato\u2019 Dr Amar-Singh HSS<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIpoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\n7th October 2019<\/p>\n<p>Location: Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\nHabitat: Trail along primary jungle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I saw this \u2018blue\u2019 Flycatcher calling high in the jungle canopy. There were two birds but I only imaged one (above, below). Images are not great but it is most likely the Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus thalassoides) but I could not see the \u2018diagnostic\u2019 patterned lower tail-coverts well. I am careful not confuse it with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":59451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,90],"tags":[953],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}