Pale Blue-Flycatcher

Pale Blue-Flycatcher

Cyornis unicolor

Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kerinci Seblat National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

44 Verified sightings at Kerinci Seblat National Park From 2019 to 2026
706 In all 12 parks
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Pale Blue-Flycatcher

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 →

Sounds

Call0:36

Vietnam · 2026

© Tim Dinh / Annambirding · XC1186126 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:37

Malaysia · 2025

© Ding Li Yong · XC990262 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:08

China · 2026

© Dave Guo · XC1147923 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~10%
2 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
3 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
4 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
5 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
6 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
10 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
11 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
12 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pale Blue-Flycatcher in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Blue-Flycatcher sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Pale Blue-Flycatcher in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

October

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Blue-Flycatcher in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, August and November–December, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Pale Blue-Flycatcher?

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.

Is Kerinci Seblat National Park the best place to see a Pale Blue-Flycatcher?

Among the best

Of the 12 parks where we can rate Pale Blue-Flycatcher sightings, Kerinci Seblat National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 10%) and Namdapha National Park (India, about 10%).

Where does the Pale Blue-Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pale Blue-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (44 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.

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