verditer flycatcher

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Verditer flycatcher

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Eumyias thalassinus |volume=2016 |page=e.T22709426A94209129 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709426A94209129.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| image = অম্বর চুটকি - Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus), Naogaon, Bangladesh.jpg

| image_caption = Flycatcher at Naogaon, Bangladesh

| genus = Eumyias

| species = thalassinus

| authority = (Swainson, 1838)

| synonyms = Stoparola melanops

Eumyias thalassina

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The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra.{{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}} 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 perching 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 flycatchers.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]