# Verditer flycatcher

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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = অম্বর চুটকি - Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus), Naogaon, Bangladesh.jpg
| image_caption = Verditer flycatcher at [Naogaon](/source/Naogaon_District), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh) 
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Eumyias thalassinus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22709426A94209129 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709426A94209129.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Eumyias
| species = thalassinus
| authority = ([Swainson](/source/William_Swainson), 1838)
| synonyms = ''Stoparola melanops''<br />
''Eumyias thalassina''
}}

The '''verditer flycatcher''' ('''''Eumyias thalassinus''''') is an [Old World flycatcher](/source/Old_World_flycatcher) It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/|title=Chats, Old World flycatchers « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref> This species is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue.

The verditer flycatcher is also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and perch on electric wires or exposed tree top branches.

This species was earlier placed in the genus ''Muscicapa'' and it has been suggested that it is closer to the ''[Niltava](/source/Niltava)'' flycatchers.<ref>Lei Xin, Lian Zhen-Min, Lei Fu-Min, Yin Zuo-Hua, Zhao Hong-Feng (2007). Acta Zoologica Sinica. 53(1):95 [http://www.zoores.ac.cn/qikan/manage/wenzhang/200703291.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130170723/http://www.zoores.ac.cn/qikan/manage/wenzhang/200703291.pdf |date=2016-01-30 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Verditer Flycatcher bird.jpg|At [Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary](/source/Kalatop_Khajjiar_Sanctuary), [Dalhousie](/source/Dalhousie%2C_India), [Himachal Pradesh](/source/Himachal_Pradesh), India
File:Verditer Flycatcher Prasanna Mamidala.jpg|At [Dandeli](/source/Dandeli), [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka), India
File:Verditer Flycatcher scientific name Eumyias thalassinus at Sattal India DSCN0934 1.jpg|At [Sattal](/source/Sattal), [Uttarakhand](/source/Uttarakhand), India
File:Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) 28.jpg|In [Nepal](/source/Nepal)
File:Verditer flycatcher near Nainital.jpg|Verditer flycatcher near [Nainital](/source/Nainital)
</gallery>

==References==
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Category:Eumyias
Category:Birds of South China
Category:Birds of Northeast India
Category:Birds of the Himalayas
Category:Birds of Yunnan
Category:Birds of Southeast Asia
Category:Birds described in 1838
Category:Taxa named by William Swainson

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