Cyornis rubeculoides
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It resembles Cyornis tickelliae but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers. The blue-throated flycatcher is found in much of the Indian subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, and also extends eastwards into Bangladesh, and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar.
Adult males have blue throats and orange breasts with a well defined white belly and flanks. Females have an olive head and upperparts with a poorly defined creamy-orange chest and a white belly. [1] Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Flycatcher sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 148 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th most-seen of the 227 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.
November to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Flycatcher in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months. Those are among Periyar National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 410 mm in August.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-throated 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.
3rd of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Blue-throated Flycatcher sightings, Periyar National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 30%) and Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same genus: Cyornis
The closest relatives of the Blue-throated Flycatcher that you can see in Periyar National Park (genus Cyornis, Blue Flycatchers and Jungle Flycatchers) are Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (about 10%) and White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-throated Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Periyar National Park (148 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.
