Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis turcosus Bruggemann, 1877
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Burung berukuran 13 cm, dengan dominasi warna biru-tua. Tubuh bagian atas burung jantan berwarna biru; dengan kekang dan bulu terbang hitam, serta tunggir biru-mengilap/metalik. Bagian dada berwarna merah-bata jingga bergradasi menjadi putih pada bagian perut; warna tenggorokan biru terang yang membedakannya dengan jenis-jenis Sikatan yang lain. Burung betina sangat mirip dengan burung jantan; dapat dibedakan dari warna putih pada dagu dan tenggorokannya, serta warna biru yang lebih buram. Tubuh bagian atas burung muda berwarna coklat dengan bintik-bintik kuning-tua, sayap dan ekor biru, dada kuning-tua dengan sisik hitam bergradasi menjadi putih pada bagian perut. Kaki kehitaman, paruh hitam, dan Iris coklat. Lingkar-mata pada burung betina kuning tua. Suara Saat merasa terancam, mengeluarkan suara peringatan “crrk”. Juga kicauan lemah “didel-didel-dii-didel-dii”. Persebaran dan ras terdapat dua ras yang dapat dibedakan oleh tingkat terang warna biru pada tubuh bagian atas burung jantan, dan tersebar sebagai berikut: rupatensis (Oberholser, 1920): Semenanjung Malaya, Sumatera dan Kalimantan bagian barat.turcosus (Brüggemann, 1877): Kalimantan bagian timur.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a brilliant blue upperparts, a pale orange throat and chest, and a white belly. A slightly paler female has a whitish throat, while a male's is blue; the sexes are otherwise quite similar.
The head is fairly uniformly blue, without boldly lighter or darker patches, unlike in many other "blue flycatchers". Pale and restricted orange also serve as a helpful identifying feature. A lowland species, restricted to secluded riverine forests in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula but found in a variety of dry and wet forests on Borneo.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, found in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. It is threatened by habitat loss. The bird is well known as 'Burung Sambar Biru' in Malaysia.
Wikipedia contributors, Malaysian blue flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:13:24.347734+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyornis turcosus Bruggemann, 1877
- Name authority
- Bruggemann, 1877
- Common name
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cyornis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
- genusCyornis Blyth, 1843
- speciesCyornis turcosus Bruggemann, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyornis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallipes (Jerdon, 1840) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides (Vigors, 1831) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cyornis ruckii (Oustalet, 1881) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Matinan Blue FlycatcherCyornis sanfordi Stresemann, 1931 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale Blue FlycatcherCyornis unicolor Blyth, 1843 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis banyumas (Horsfield, 1821) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis herioti R. G. W. Ramsay, 1886 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan Blue FlycatcherCyornis lemprieri (Sharpe, 1884) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cyornis djampeanus (Hartert, 1896) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-chinned Blue FlycatcherCyornis poliogenys W. E. Brooks, 1880 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cyornis rufigastra (Raffles, 1822) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559669 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:33BBB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.