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| Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae tickelliae
- Female with prey |
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| Photographer : | © Pronoy Baidya |
| Location : | Sanquelim, North Goa District, Goa |
| Date : |
19 March 2015 |
| English synonyms: | Tickell's Blue-flycatcher, Tickell's Jungle-flycatcher, Tickell's Flycatcher, Tickell's Niltava, Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher, Ceylon Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher (jerdoni), Indochinese Blue Flycatcher (sumatrensis, indochina, lamprus), Indochinese Blue-flycatcher (sumatrensis, indochina, lamprus) |
| Bird Family : | Muscicapini - Old World Flycatchers & Niltavas |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | This individual was observed sitting on a perch for a long time, before swooping down and picking up this frog. The frog was beaten to death on the perch, just like an insect is by the flycatchers, upon which it was consumed whole. - PB |
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