Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)

[dolina]

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) by alabang, on Flickr

The Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Source: Mangrove Blue Flycatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Location: La Mesa Ecopark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Settings: 1/25 ƒ/4 ISO 1600 500mm

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Story behind the photo:

After taking the photo of the Indigo-banded Kingfisher at the horse stable I was led by Roddel to this lifer (bird watcher talk for a bird you either first seen live in the wild or photographed live in the wild) Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) on the opposite side of the hill. By initial description given to me by Roddel I was expecting an Common Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica).

Incidentally there I met Gerald, the founder/owner of Istorya.net who was looking for a Red Bellied Pitta.

 

[jonathaneme]

beautiful, very worthy of being a reference picture, or feature imo

 

[dolina]

Very kind of you Jonathan

 

[Parker219]

Id say its a little underexposed, maybe just in the face and that white streak across the frame is distracting. Not bad though

 

[dolina]

Thanks Parker.