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Cyanoptila cyanomelana
Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Forest, forest edge, gardens
Range
Breeds NE Asia; winters Southeast Asia
Clutch size
4–5 eggs
Incubation period
About 13–14 days
Size
Small (13–14cm)
Wingspan
~21–23cm
Weight
~13–16g
Males are a striking deep blue above with a white belly and black face and throat, females a soft grey-brown with a blue-tinged tail and rump.
A winter visitor to Borneo from its East Asian breeding grounds, favouring the mid- and upper-storey of forest and forest edge and sallying actively for insects.
