Subject: Blue & White Flycatcher - male - Lamma [Print This Page] 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.
