LOCAL NAMES

• ටිකල් නිල් මැසිමාරා, ළය රන් නිල් මැසිමාරා, Tickell’s Nil masimara, Tickell’s masimara, निलीमा, നീലക്കുരുവി, Moucherolle, FLIEGENFÄNGER, VLIEGENVANGER, Acchiappamosche, ফ্লাইক্যাচার, फ्लाईकैचर, ഫ്ലൈകാച്ചർ, फ्लायकॅचर, ஃப்ளைகேட்சர், ఫ్లైక్యాచర్, ફ્લાયકેચર, અધરંગ, निलीमा, नील मक्षाद
• English Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
• English (United States) Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
• French Gobemouche de Tickell
• French (French Guiana) Gobemouche de Tickell
• German Tickellblauschnäpper
• Japanese ノドアカヒメアオヒタキ
• Malayalam നീലക്കുരുവി
• Marathi टिकेलची निळी माशीमार
• Norwegian buskfluesnapper
• Polish dżunglówka trójbarwna
• Russian Индийская нильтава
• Serbian Tikelova plava muharica
• Slovak niltava hnedoprsá
• Spanish Papamoscas de Tickell
• Spanish (Spain) Papamoscas de Tickell
• Swedish tickellflugsnappare
• Telugu టికెల్ నీలి ఈగపట్టు పిట్ట
• Turkish Tickell Mavi Sinekkapanı
• Ukrainian Нільтава вохристовола

DESCRIPTION

Cyornis tickelliae, Tickell’s blue flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma. This is a species which breeds in tropical Asia, from the Indian Subcontinent eastwards to Bangladesh and western Myanmar. blue upperparts and orange-and-white underparts, with the most orange on the chest and the throat. Male is more intensely-colored overall than the female. They are found in dense scrub to forest habitats. feeding on insects, worms, and other invertebrates. Locally named Tickell’s Nil masimara or simply Tickell’s masimara.