Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher is an Indian bird that bears a scientific name "Cyornis tickelliae" widespread in Asian countries and the Asian countries.

Category of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family.

Breeding of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical Asia, from the Indian states eastwards to Southeast Asia.

Habitat of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher stretches across all the countries from India to Indonesia.

Colour of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
Tickell`s Blue Flycatchers are blue on the upperparts and the throat and breast are rufous. They are found in dense scrub to forest habitats.

Structure of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher is about 11-12 cm long. It sits upright and forages mainly in the overgrowth. The male`s upper parts are bright blue, its throat and breast are red, and the rest of the under parts are white. The female is duller blue with a brighter blue brow, shoulder, rump, and tail. It hybridizes with the pale-chinned blue flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys) in the Eastern Ghats Mountain Range of India and these hybrids have sometimes been called the subspecies vernayi. The juvenile is streaked and has a spotted mantle, scaly brown upperparts, head and breast, with just the wings and tail being blue.

Concentration of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
The widespread species of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher shows regional variations in plumage and size and several of these populations have been designated with subspecies names. The nominate form is found in India, Nepal and Myanmar. The Sri Lankan population is separated as jerdoni (or nesea/mesaea said to be darker) and the population in Thailand and southern Myanmar is named as indochina.

Calls of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
The metallic song of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher includes a series of clicks followed by five or six notes that end abruptly. The metallic song consists of short clicks followed by five or six notes resembling that of the white-browed fantail-flycatcher. Alarm calls include churr and clicking notes. It is a wary bird and not always easily observed. It is a forest-loving species which is found in thick cover and shade, and particularly haunts the banks of wooded streams.

Feeding of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher feed mainly by capturing insects in flight but their prey includes other insects such as termites and earwigs that may be gleaned or picked from the ground.

Breeding Range of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher
The breeding season of Tickell`s Blue Flycatcher is from April to August (March to June in Sri Lanka). It nests in a hole in a tree or amongst rocks that is lined with fine grass and fibres and lay 3-5 eggs.