7-3-2020 THATTEKAD, INDIA - WHITE BELLIED BLUE FLYCATCHER (FEMALE) (Cyornis pallidipes)

The white-bellied blue flycatcher (Cyornis pallidipes) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats (including the Nilgiris) of southwest India. Males are dark blue with a lighter shade of blue on the brow and have a greyish white belly. Females have a rufous breast, a white face and olive grey above.