Cyornis pallidipes
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The white-bellied blue flycatcher (Cyornis pallidipes) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats (including the Nilgiris) of southwest India. Males are dark blue with a lighter shade of blue on the brow and have a greyish white belly. Females have a rufous breast, a white face and olive grey above.
This flycatcher is about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and has a longish beak. It forages in the undergrowth in the shade of dense forest canopy where it makes aerial forays to capture insects. The male is indigo blue with ultramarine blue supercilium and forehead. The lores and face are dark grey. The belly is white and bordered by smoky grey wash. The female is olive brown above with whitish lores. The rufous throat and breast fades to white towards the belly. The female has a chestnut tail and can be told apart from other flycatchers like by the lack of the black and white tail pattern. In poor lighting and within the Palni Hills it can be confusable with the white-bellied blue robin, which however has longer legs and is more likely to be seen on the ground.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Blue Flycatcher sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 305 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 98th most-seen of the 227 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June and August, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-bellied Blue Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate White-bellied Blue Flycatcher sightings, Periyar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Mudumalai National Park (India, under 5%) and Nagarhole National Park (India, under 5%).
Same genus: Cyornis
The closest relatives of the White-bellied Blue Flycatcher that you can see in Periyar National Park (genus Cyornis, Blue Flycatchers and Jungle Flycatchers) are Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (about 10%) and Blue-throated Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-bellied Blue Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Periyar National Park (305 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.
