Cyornis unicolor
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Edward Blyth in 1843. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
It is superficially similar in appearance to the verditer flycatcher, but is paler blue, with greyish underparts from throat to vent, and a discontinuous black eye-patch. Both birds can often be found in the same locale. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 12 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Blue-Flycatcher sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May, August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Blue-Flycatcher in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July, September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Blue-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Pale Blue-Flycatcher sightings, Danum Valley Conservation Area ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 10%), Namdapha National Park (India, about 10%) and Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same genus: Cyornis
The closest relatives of the Pale Blue-Flycatcher that you can see in Danum Valley Conservation Area (genus Cyornis, Blue Flycatchers and Jungle Flycatchers) are Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher (about 20%), Bornean Blue-Flycatcher (about 20%) and Long-billed Blue-Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Blue-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Danum Valley Conservation Area (70 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
